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April 21, 2006
What's Cookin' in the Garden??
Remember me getting all freaky about 'something' in the backyard that I was excited to see? The other day I found four very long, fat and juicy monarch caterpillars on the milkweed...(its their host plant, so you'd expect to find them on it)...I talked to them awhile, made sure they were all alive, eating and doing ok...The next day, I went to visit them and they were all gone...all four, just vanished...no note, no call, nothing...I thought perhaps a bird had snatched them, or maybe they were hoofing it to New Mexico, I didn't know...
then on Saturday, I was talking to Brian and when I looked over a the chairs on our pavillion- I saw this guy..hanging there...being all green and gold...he's fantastic! I have no idea why he crawled so far from the plant where I first found him, I have no idea where his buddies are hiding (I've been searching the garden like I was looking for Easter eggs, but so far, no one else has turned up)...This guy is the only one I've found, and I've been treating him like a god...making sure no one bothers him - especially Abby who likes to kill butterflies and eat worms...
I'm happy to say he's still out there, hanging around, and I can't wait until he's ready to spring forth...just look at his awesomeness - he's pale green with actual gold accent dots...just like the grooviest bead you ever did see...Here's a wonderful website showing each day of the cycle...I bet we are in day 5 or 6 by now...he's still very green yet...I'll be taking pics once things start to change...and I'm gonna be really excited to see what happens next...stay tuned kids!
Posted by Donner at April 21, 2006 03:30 AM
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Guard that little guy with all your might! You've got the coolest garden and critters living in it of anyone I know! I hope you're able to get a picture of him when he makes his debut!
Posted by: Kathy James at April 21, 2006 11:26 AM
WOW!!!! Thanks for sharing your garden stories with us!! Love the Monarch story!
Enjoy the day Donna!
Adriana
Posted by: adriana at April 21, 2006 11:33 AM
Oh Donna that is just awesome!(And that website was interesting...I had no idea the cycle was so short). I hope you happen to catch the emergence! Keep us updated with photos, please! This is cool!
Posted by: Rachel G. at April 21, 2006 11:36 AM
Hey, Donna. Thanks for sharing the monarch adventures with us. I bookmarked the site just in case one of our sons would need something like that for a science project. It's so interesting and the photographs are dynamite! Keep us posted!
Posted by: Beth at April 21, 2006 01:58 PM
Pretty cool. I had 2 of them munching on my Parsley, but they disappeared last week. I'll have to look around & see if they turned into a chrysalis too! - Jana
Posted by: Jana at April 21, 2006 07:55 PM