tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post4420769416617141779..comments2023-11-13T06:25:27.206-05:00Comments on Our Little Acre: The Journey Soon BeginsKylee Baumlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-42225375313612969992007-08-29T16:08:00.000-04:002007-08-29T16:08:00.000-04:00Wonderful photos!! The monarch is such a regal and...Wonderful photos!! The monarch is such a regal and beautiful butterfly.Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15539232387597508849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-44675955176295064792007-08-29T10:54:00.000-04:002007-08-29T10:54:00.000-04:00I'm smiling at your excitement :) I feel the same ...I'm smiling at your excitement :) I feel the same way. Nature's creatures are so fascinating.<BR/>I haven't found any black swallowtail or monarch caterpillars yet this summer. I must try harder. One year I put a swallowtail cat in a jar and watched it pupate and then hatch. It was fun setting the butterfly free. It graciously paused on a lilac leaf just long enough for me to get a photo :)<BR/>Our monarchs eat milkweed which grows in the fields surrounding our farm.<BR/>I'm sorry about your ordeal with the flooding. What an awful job you've had.Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362584475435433892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-135905445580984442007-08-28T22:43:00.000-04:002007-08-28T22:43:00.000-04:00Whoo hoo! I'm so glad that they're finally doing t...Whoo hoo! I'm so glad that they're finally doing their thing, the little darlings! We're currently waiting PATIENTLY for the pupation period to end--the chrysalids are elongated and larger than they were, and are starting to get more transparent--I suppose pupation takes longer in cool weather? And thanks, Kylee, for telling me about the waystation certification; i registered our garden too, and then wrote an article which ran in the Chronicle Herald this weekend, urging others to do the same.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-61149728364701386292007-08-28T15:45:00.000-04:002007-08-28T15:45:00.000-04:00Katie, they do get much bigger than what I saw yes...Katie, they do get much bigger than what I saw yesterday, after a couple of weeks of eating that asclepias! Not quite as large as the largest hornworm I've seen, but much bigger than this one is right now. I'd love to see one right after it hatches out of the egg! You'd probably need a magnifying glass to identify it!Kylee Baumlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04288354709094515651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-8506000518924257142007-08-28T15:31:00.000-04:002007-08-28T15:31:00.000-04:00I had no idea monarch caterpillars were that small...I had no idea monarch caterpillars were that small! I always imagined them the size of tomato hornworms. Gross! Thanks for the great pictures.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071261767244278953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070488376505303445.post-50745654886253776602007-08-28T10:23:00.000-04:002007-08-28T10:23:00.000-04:00I have seen several swallowtails, but no monarchs ...I have seen several swallowtails, but no monarchs yet. You have inspired me, I am headed to the garden to have a look around. Great pictures!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com