tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post5788070483957884683..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Monarchs Eating Their SkinBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-77919994680790416722008-08-15T22:18:00.000-05:002008-08-15T22:18:00.000-05:00Martha--Oh my, you and me both! This morning first...Martha--Oh my, you and me both! This morning first thing after getting up, instead of writing I go outside and try to take count of the 5 big ones. I only see 1, but find two on the garden / yard border. I put one on a butterfly bush, and the other on a sumac. The former is now under a morning glory leaf near the bush, and the latter is on the sumac, still. They move so fast! Another this eveningBenjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-61427149216421850042008-08-15T22:11:00.000-05:002008-08-15T22:11:00.000-05:00We have so many monarch caterpillars this year tha...We have so many monarch caterpillars this year that I spend an hour on most days just watching them. Eggs, eyelash-size caterpillars and big ones that have become more black than their cousins.<BR/><BR/>I can't find their chrysallis either. Swallowtail chrysallis yes, but no matter how much time I spend searching I can't find any in the Monarch's bed of milkweed and nectar flowers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-61460500218355350742008-08-14T15:18:00.000-05:002008-08-14T15:18:00.000-05:00WA--A fe second in the deep fry and it was good.MM...WA--A fe second in the deep fry and it was good.<BR/>MMD--So strange about your milkweeds. I guess I'm just lucky.Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-87411742110203821502008-08-14T14:55:00.000-05:002008-08-14T14:55:00.000-05:00I've never had a single caterpillar on my Milkweed...I've never had a single caterpillar on my Milkweeds either. I'd better get me some Fennel. Great shots of these neat critters.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-58462070548010913382008-08-13T21:37:00.000-05:002008-08-13T21:37:00.000-05:00The first shot is great. I'm glad you linked a lar...The first shot is great. I'm glad you linked a larger image so we could get a better look. That caterpillar looks good enough to eat.WiseAcrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383341492994868833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-34539024672717493242008-08-13T10:40:00.000-05:002008-08-13T10:40:00.000-05:00PG--Oh, I know! Just awesome colors.Frances--I hav...PG--Oh, I know! Just awesome colors.<BR/>Frances--I have the same bug problems, both kinds. I'll have to research the beetle-like ones--I was hoping they'd be eating the aphids as I don't want to spray soapy water with monarchs about. I keep meaning to do bronze fennel--too late now. We still get several swallowtails, both the regular and the black, though.<BR/>Les--Glad you have something! It Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-31340052545814335802008-08-13T07:29:00.000-05:002008-08-13T07:29:00.000-05:00I was beginning to wonder if I would have any cata...I was beginning to wonder if I would have any catapillars this year, when yesterday a neighbor pointed them out. Like Frances, it is the bronze fennel in my yard that is their plant of choice.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-33169471449399487312008-08-13T04:26:00.000-05:002008-08-13T04:26:00.000-05:00Lucky you with the weed in the viburnum turning ou...Lucky you with the weed in the viburnum turning out to be milkweed! Our red is covered in the yellow/orange aphids and red and black beetley looking milkweed bugs. And the caterpillar of milkweed moths, but no monarchs. We are loaded with eastern swallowtails, they cover the bronze fennel we grow just for them, but no monarchs. Do take lots of photos for us so deprived.Frances,https://www.blogger.com/profile/03616568389165362993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-86706351301597636872008-08-12T21:15:00.000-05:002008-08-12T21:15:00.000-05:00Very cool, I love how colorful even the caterpilla...Very cool, I love how colorful even the caterpillars are at this stage. Wonderful pics!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com