Releasing Monarchs

[John Beaulieu]

Our 50 Monarchs that were the same age have now been released. They all emerged within 3 days of each other. I have added some photos to our Photobucket album http://photobucket.com/albums/a240/JohnBeaulieu/ of Brenda releasing some of those. Now, a few days later, we still see many of them fluttering around the garden. They are so bright and colourful compared to the older ones seen in the yard. These were the result of an old tattered female that I kept overnight in a cage with a potted milkweed. We knew that she had laid eggs (we thought about 9) but were surprised to count about 50 caterpillars when it was time to replace the plant material.

I have also included some photos of a newly emerging butterfly with it's fat body and small wings as well as others.

[/img]

[Keith Petrosky]

Thats looks like so much fun.

[Farfalla]

Awesome pictures,John!
I enjoyed looking at them..thanks for sharing.

[my monarchs]

You have an impressive system, and yet relatively simple to construct. I'm going to ask my husband to make me one similar to yours. Thanks for the idea.

[RozieMozie]

wonderful pis John!

i like the red and green stemed common milkweed pic ... i see what ur talkn bout

[mommalepapillon]

awesome thank you!
mine are all "free range" attached to my house outside right now.. am hoping I'll be around to see them go
I went to work yesterday and there were none there checked this am and there are 20!!
so I guess 8-13 days .. figures I'll be back to work at my school
christine

[/img]