Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: mixing milkweed varieties ok for cats in captivity?, 1 by junebug74

junebug74 wrote:
Thanks guys! I think I have enough tropical milkweed, but the problem is that there are eggs all over many of those remaining plants! So I might need to diversify. I'm thinking that 4 of the guests at Casa de Caterpillar may pupate by Sunday...here's one of the little buggers. Since I've never done this before, this has been a fascinating experience! I'm definitely going to try to do this every summer.

I saw my first monarch in Oshkosh on Memorial weekend; then, not too many until a few weeks ago, when my milkweed patch was blooming. We're having a banner year for Red Admirals, however--they're everywhere! I also did a windowbox with TONS of parsley just for the black swallowtails, but I have yet to see a single one.