My Monarch Cats

Chicago Suburbs, IL(Zone 5b)

Ive been busy this year with Monarch Cats. So far we have released about 20 and have over 30 cats right now. I took most of them as eggs from a field nearby that gets mowed a couple times during the summer, I try to save them from thier inevitable fate :S

Here are some newly hatched babies :)

Thumbnail by plexippus
Chicago Suburbs, IL(Zone 5b)

If you look to the right of the quarter in the pic above there are 2 hatchlings...


These are the current big guys

Thumbnail by plexippus
Chicago Suburbs, IL(Zone 5b)

These are the chrysalides and cats getting ready to pupate.

Thumbnail by plexippus
Chicago Suburbs, IL(Zone 5b)

These are the small to med cats

Thumbnail by plexippus
Chicago Suburbs, IL(Zone 5b)

This was the suprise I found on my butterfly milkweed when I was outside weeding today.

Thumbnail by plexippus
Abilene, TX(Zone 7b)

Wow. You have your hands full. What a great site, all those cats and the chrysalids. Glad to hear you are saving them from being mowed down. Just to have that many at one time is astounding to me. Great work and thanks for sharing.

Leslie

Post a Reply to this Thread

Please or sign up to post.
BACK TO TOP