I have them in a mesh cage so that birds and insects can not get to them. Most birds and some insects, like mantises, avoid monarchs and monarch caterpillars because they are toxic, from the milkweed that they eat.
I do not attach the eggs. It would be impossible, as they are much smaller than the period in a printed book. I buy them form the "Butterfly Lady" in PA: http://www.monarchs-and-milkweed.com/Monarch%20Larvae.htm I received a small milkweed plant with more than 10 eggs attached to it. So far, the newly hatched caterpillars are still on that small plant, and eating it up rapidly. In addition to several milkweed plants I planted in the yard, a have several growing on my deck in pots, and will move the cats there when their original milkweed plant is just about used up. I have netting that I will place over the pots and plants to protect the pupae from predators. Under the federal regulations subject to which I bought the eggs, I can not release the monarch into the environment until they are adult butterflies. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 12:05 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > Fantastic stuff, Dan. Hope the wasps don't find them. BTW, I'm curious > about how you attached the eggs to the leaves. > > Alan C > > > > On 30-Jun-18 04:46 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> My tiny monarch eggs have hatched, and the caterpillars sre eating well >> and >> growing rapidly: >> >> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2018/6/ >> 30/monarch-pupae >> >> K-5 IIs, FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8 >> Comments are invited and greaty appreciated. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
