Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Monarch Migration, 1 by ladygardener1

ladygardener1 wrote:
I don't mean to hijack this thread from the migration map (sorry).
Sus, I do keep the whole thing in the shade, could get hot with the glass if kept in the sun, also protect it from rain.
The chrysalis form on the wire mesh ( but I have one that is now J-ing on one of the leaves). You can carefully remove the top to clean or change the leaves, just don't bump the chrysalis, I support it on flower pots till I'm done.
I leave them in the aquarium until the butterfly emerge and then they will climb on my finger and I carry them out of the aquarium. I have found some emerged when I came home from work and they were fine waiting for me to arrive.

Here are 2 beauties from last year.