A NEW Butterfly Emerges- What to Expect❓🦋 🧐

August 10, 2024

Hello ,

I hope the 🐕 days of August are treating you and your monarchs well...

The drought-quenching rains have continued in Minnesota, and the garden is spring-lush and filled with milkweed for monarchs. 💦🌿🦋😁

We are trending cool for August with some late-September highs in the 60’s and low 70s.

Monarch activity is still going strong and mama monarchs have been busy across the garden and yard...

I brought in 4 "lawn milkweed" eggs this week, and all have successfully hatched in food storage containers to become baby caterpillars. They’re now feasting outside in a BIG cube with an old tarp draped over the top for extra rain and wind protection.

To protect monarchs from high wind, heavy rain and hungry predators, I suggest raising indoors by an open window if possible. For now, our setup is good, but not optimal for survival (see bottom of this newsletter for a photo)

If they're lucky, they'll grow and transform until one day, they're ready for the final stage of metamorphosis…

RTM '24- A Monarch Butterfly Emerges 🦋😍

After 9-14 days a magical transformation is coming to an end inside your chrysalis and a new butterfly life is about to begin...

This is an amazing spectacle to behold, if you're lucky enough to catch it. 🦋 👀 But don't worry, there is also video that captures what you've been missing in the linked post below:

In case you're still looking for caterpillars cages, poo poo platters, and floral tubes/racks to raise butterflies this season:

Monarch Butterfly Life Shop- Caterpillar Cages + Supplies for Raising HEALTHY Butterflies (✰✰✰✰✰ customer-rated raising butterflies supplies)

Coming Up Next? 🧐

Tips for SAFELY Releasing your Butterflies for the Great Fall Migration. Until then...

Happy Monarching,

Tony your 🦋 Guide