🦋🧡🎡 How To Raise Monarchs: An Accidental Amusement!

Описание: My parents had a friend over for a visit. He said how he had raised Monarch Butterflies for the past three decades! So of course, out to the orchard I go, to begin one of many caterpillar hunts in the milkweed patch. I found two caterpillars, brought them inside. I was hooked! I found a website called www.MonarchWatch.org ordered butterfly tags, a tee shirt, and a butterfly garden sign for my milkweed patch.
Steps I followed to raise Monarch Butterflies indoors:
1. Create little individual homes with lids that have air holes.
2. Fresh milkweed leaves need to be added daily.
3. Time. The caterpillar will shed its skin several times as it grows.
4. Once the caterpillar starts hanging out on the ceiling, it's getting ready to form its chrysalis.
5. It will form a "J" shape just before it sheds its skin one last time
6. The green chrysalis is inside of the caterpillar!
7. More time for the butterfly develops inside of the chrysalis.
8. Gently remove the chrysalis and transfer to a spot it can hang without fear of the butterflies wings touching anything after it hatches.
9. The chrysalis will turn clear and you will be able to see the color of butterfly's wings.
10. The Monarch will need to hang as the wing dry and the butterfly fills out.
11. You can tag the butterfly with the www.monarchwatch.org tags.
12. Record your data (date, gender, location, etc.) and release your butterfly on a nice day.
13 Repeat!
And just about when I found my last Monarch caterpillar in the orchard...I found Swallowtail caterpillars in the garden on the dill, and started the whole process again for the Swallowtails. Their food is a little more varied than the Monarchs (milkweed), they will munch on Dill, Parsley, Queen Anne's Lace, and Carrot Tops.
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