Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily pictures #100!, 4 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Today at MOSI we were highlighting all the fun things to do on the outside of the museum - like the butterfly encounter. I was in charge of sitting in the flight cage and showing off caterpillars and chrysalises. I let so many kids pet Monarch caterpillars we were joking that the caterpillars would need therapy to get over all the trauma! They're pretty friendly caterpillars, though. I had too many and not enough food so today I took all my Monarchs to the museum where they will have plenty of milkweed to eat.

For pictures, I have a Julia, a Giant Swallowtail, and a pair of mating Zebra Longwings all taken at the museum. Finally, I have a Monarch that Mom released at the house while I was away.

Melanie