full house

it got very quiet here. i thought they had all moved on and the season was over.

i ended up raising and releasing 15 beautiful monarch butterflies.

10 girls.
3 boys.
2 unknown (before i knew how to tell them apart).







2 days ago i found 3 caterpillars out in the garden on some milkweed.

the next day i found 4 more.

and this morning i found 3 more.

i have a full house now again.

watching them this morning chomp away at the milkweed leaves.