Our caterpillar buddy is now at approximately 26mm. It has grown over 1 inch since it hatched 9 days ago. This week I have released 4 adults (3 F, 1 M) and collected 3 caterpillars. Today I added another 4 eggs to the nursery. It looks like the female Monarchs are now selecting the very youngest milkweed leaves on which to lay their eggs and 2 of the eggs I found today were deposited on the top of the leaves. In our same butterfly garden today I saw what appeared to be a Spicebush Swallowtail laying eggs on Sassafrass leaves. Unfortunately, today I also lost a chrysalis to Tachinid Fly larvae infestation.
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