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Anyone else seeing lots of Monarch butterflies ? Appears to be a good year for them around here.

None around us I've seen...not sure they come up this far north?

 

[pertnear09]

I try to keep a few butterfly friendly flower bushes around but this year I've seen very few butterflies.

 

[Alaskan]

When I lived in Texas I was into butterflies... planted lots of butterfly weed for the monarchs, and dill and fennel for the swallowtails.

I would catch the monarch caterpillars and feed and hatch them inside, then release them.

There were bunches of those parasitic wasps that would take out the caterpillars if they stayed outside.

swallowtails were hard to hatch inside.

 

[Alaskan]

When I lived in Texas I was into butterflies... planted lots of butterfly weed for the monarchs, and dill and fennel for the swallowtails.

I would catch the monarch caterpillars and feed and hatch them inside, then release them.

There were bunches of those parasitic wasps that would take out the caterpillars if they stayed outside.

swallowtails were hard to hatch inside.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I never saw mine come out, too busy pushing.
The air feels fresh and lovely today. Hope to get some plants in. Got some $9 perennials for $3! I wish our soil was better, but i am working on it.

I probably would be too lol

 

[CapricornFarm]

I picked some milkweed pods so i can plant it in my garden. We do have a fair number of swallowtails but not so many monarchs.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

Anyone else seeing lots of Monarch butterflies ? Appears to be a good year for them around here.

We don't really get monarchs up here. Mostly just months. Even if we did have them they'd be long gone by now.

I remember about 11 years ago driving through the Mojave during spring migration. By the time I was through my vehicle was completely orange.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Here is the area we have been cleaning up.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

The coop is almost done! Windows and running netting and tarp over the run is all that's left!!! We painted the poop tray, nesting boxes and floor today. I think I ended up just as painted as everything else. The way they built the boxes left a lot of nooks and crannies on the ends. Thank goodness I have long arms. Still, they ended up whiter than they already were.
We're planning on moving everyone on Monday (including the 3 buckeyes I'm buying).

 

[CapricornFarm]

The coop is almost done! Windows and running netting and tarp over the run is all that's left!!! We painted the poop tray, nesting boxes and floor today. I think I ended up just as painted as everything else. The way they built the boxes left a lot of nooks and crannies on the ends. Thank goodness I have long arms. Still, they ended up whiter than they already were.
We're planning on moving everyone on Monday (including the 3 buckeyes I'm buying).

Always exciting to finish a project! Congrats!