Life can be short in the milkweed patch

[John Beaulieu]

I check my milkweeds in the garden daily for new eggs. I have mostly A. incarnata (Swamp Milkweed) and some Mexican Milkweed. The clumps of milkweed are not only popular with the butterflies but with a wide range of bees and wasps. It is very tough for a caterpillar to survive with all the predators. I have also seen Stink Bugs attack young caterpillars. When I see characteristic munching on leaves, I'll look for a little caterpillar. Most times I'm too late and only find dead ones. This photo is of a typical tiny caterpillar which has fallen prey to something.

More photos at http:photobucket.com/albums/a240/JohnBeaulieu/

[MILW]

hi John, the link you have seems to be for your personal login page... is your album open to the public?
cheers- Scott

[Pat]

John, for your Photobucket account, I think you have to either make your album public (so we can see it without a password), or keep it private but attach the optional read-only password and let us know what it is. My daughters use Photobucket to store pictures of their art portfolios, but I don't get a password screen like yours before viewing them. Looking forward to seeing your pictures!

[Keith Petrosky]

Or copy and paste the links to each image in the post here, like this.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/ ... y/web4.jpg