monarch cats

[Emmayct at cs.com]

It's funny you should write about the number of monarch cats being seen in 
the wild.

All week I've been finding huge, nearly pupal stage monarch cats on my 
tropical milkweed.

I never remember finding large caterpillars outside before like this.

Perhaps the predators that usually limit them are having a hard time of it 
right now.

Also, I'm seeing a huge number of monarch eggs being layed. In my yard and on 
my excursions elsewhere.

And yesterday, I had two mating pairs of monarchs in my yard. Also a male 
zoomed in  on a female trying to oviposit and knocked her down and attempted to 
mate. She wanted none of it so I separated the pair and she took off...with him 
in hot persuit.

Maryann



   
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