Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily pictures #100!, 1 by C_A_Ivy

C_A_Ivy wrote:
Lots of butterflies out today with the sunshine after two days of cloudy, rainy weather but my main interest was a few stalks of wild milkweed near a road edge. Only saw a couple of Monarch cats but I noted that a cat on one leaf had methodically severed the veins from the main stem to the area engested. It is my understanding that the latex presents a sticky hazard for Monarch cats so they need to avoid leaking latex. A pic of the cat shows its handy work of the severed veins to the eaten area.