Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Monarch Cats in Nashville, 0 by picabo

picabo wrote:
For years I have let the Milkweed grow in my gardens just hoping that the Monarchs would return. This year I decided that they really were NOT coming back. I cut down most of the plants in the spring. I just couldn't bring myself to cut down the last 6 or so.

Sunday was so hot and the plants were looking so ragged that I went out with the clippers to cut down the last ones. Look what I found on the underside of a leaf on the first plant. There must have been a hundred little tiny cats. The first Monarch cats in my garden in maybe 5 years.

Well this morning they are all over the plant. Not much left of it either. Now I hope that there will be enough leaves to feed them until they are ready to move on. I can move them to the other plants but only 5 more in the garden.
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