zippidy do dah!

[CliffandJoann]

Years ago Cliff dug up milkweed from his fishing hole and planted it
in the backyard. The Monarchs always came in droves and it was fasinating to
see...It looked like Song of the South, there were dozens flying around.
In recent years they have been on the decline.

Cliff spotted a Monarch laying eggs on the milkweed leaves a few of weeks ago.
He put the leaves in a jar and began the process of watching it develope into beautiful butterflies.
We got three eggs and they developed into
three butterflies, two females and one male. The last one came out of the chrysalis on Friday.
They have been hanging around in the backyard ever since.

Read about them here, they are regarded as the most beautiful of all
butterflies. The outside of their wings are dull, but the inside looks like stained glass.

http://www.monarch-b...lies-facts.html

Looking into the butterfly, it looks like stained glass.

This is the milkweed flower.

little tourist learning about nature...

 

[blessedfamily]

I tried growing a few butterfly bushes but they never make it for some odd reason..I love butterflies.

 

[blessedfamily]

Was there supposed to be a link in your post? Or did you forget it??

 

[j.w]

Butterflies are so pretty. I like to see them come around but then I have 2 cats and they like to chase after them. So far I only have seen them catch those white cabbage moths and whenever I see them after a butterfly I scare the cats away. The zoo in Seattle has the butterfly area open in the Spring/Summer whenever the butterflies are active and it's so neat to go in there and let them land all over you and see them up close.
I don't see very many around our property but a few come through now and then. Love the Swallowtail ones too!

 

[blessedfamily]

ok I see now They are very beautiful.

 

[CliffandJoann]

If you plant milkweed, they'll come and lay their eggs on the milkweed.
The butterfly bushes will keep them around.
They have been on the decline in recent years...there was a time they swarmed
our yard and it looked animated like 'song of the south.

 

[j.w]

I see the link now and neat pix also. Lucky butterflies to be in the 4th batch and survive the longest. Was down in California at my sis's home and was able to witness the massive amounts of Monarch's that migrated there one year. It was spectacular to say the least!

 

[j.w]

Would be neat to be able to plant the Milkweed to attract them but I won't encourage them to come to our property. Don't want to see them caught by cats. I'll enjoy your photo's! Thank you for posting them.

 

[CliffandJoann]

Would be neat to be able to plant the Milkweed to attract them but I won't encourage them to come to our property. Don't want to see them caught by cats. I'll enjoy your photo's! Thank you for posting them.

you're welcome JW...the head guy saw the migration to Mexico once when he was in Texas...they're were ten's of thousands of them,
he said it was awesome.

 

[stroppy]

beautiful sadly i dont think we have those in the UK but i do get quite a few other types in my garden ... i grow stinging nettles they like to lay there eggs on these

 

[JoaniePA]

I have seen them migrating across the Delaware Bay from Cape May, NJ to Lewis, DE. They hang in the dunes until a little breeze comes up and then raise up like in a cloud and flutter across the water. Amazing to see! All the yards in Cape May Point have monarchs visiting for a week or so each year.