Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Monarch Migration Confusion, 3 by FarmerCharlieB

FarmerCharlieB wrote:
The caterpillars have totally denuded the small patch of milkweed. Today I found a few remaining tuberosa that I had planted from Monarch Watch plugs last year, and I moved four of the remaining ones there (first image). I also found what I think is the one green milkweed from some Monarch Watch plugs. I'm not really sure that one is really a green milkweed (image 2), and moved one there. Finally, I found one last swamp milkweed that I had bought from Nearly Natives Nursery, and moved one there. The leaves on that one were moldy and just about gone (Image 3). I guess in the grand scheme of things, trying to save six hungry caterpillars may seem pretty silly, but having spent a couple hundred dollars and a lot of time trying to get some milkweed going, I just hate to see the poor guys starve.