Monarch Caterpillar

[padkison]

 

[bugmankeith]

A monarch just layed eggs on mine.

 

[Dom]

Gorgeous!!
As a kid I grew up on a ravine with lots of milkweed. As an adult I check out any milkweed plant I find. After over 35 years of looking I've still not found a monarch caterpillar.

 

[bugmankeith]

By me milkweed is slowly dissapearing, most see it as a bad weed and dont let it grow, and more wild areas are being mowed to make the area look nice.

I can still find wild monarch caterpillars, but not as many.

 

[Spyder 1.0]

to the person with eggs. i hope you have access to a milkweed plant. raise them well, because isnt the monarch in danger. or was that just a few years ago.

 

[dtknow]

Their populations are pretty low compared to the years past. I visited one of the places that the monarchs wintered and the numbers vary drastically but have been much higher in the past. I think it is remarkable that such a beloved insect that needs so little to survive and reproduce could exist in such relatively smal numbers. Basically, at the very least their re more people than monarchs around.