This caterpillar was busy eating tropical milkweed the other day. Now it has moved away to the nearby plum tree to start the next step in becoming a butterfly. They always leave the milkweed and move to another location to form the chrysalis. I took this picture on the evening of the 28, by that same time the next day the chrysalis was fully formed. I will watch it closely and take more pictures to share. Nature is truly beautiful and amazing!
The same monarch taken at about the same time on the 29th day of August.
My name is Pat and I have been gardening most of my life. My husband Richard helps out with the heavy stuff. I love butterflies and have a Monarch Waystation. I also love animals and have cats, dogs, horses, angora goats, chickens and guineas.