Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES PAGE 6, 0 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
I found a Monarch cat high-tailing it across my yard, so grabbed it and put it on a Milkweed plant. I had a feeling it was getting ready to pupate. Sure enough, the next day I found the chrysalis hanging from one of the mw leaves.

It emerged this morning and has been drying it's wings and resting all day. I released it a few minutes ago and after posing on the Porterweed, it flew off to freedom! I never get tired of those butterflies and I have raised hundreds of them. :-) I haven't seen any around my yard at all lately. I didn't even check to see if it was a male or female. (My bad.) So who knows ..... maybe it will come back and hang around. :-) And may start a whole new family of Monarch cats. I can only hope!