I went to a local Farmer’s Market on Saturday to buy some native Milkweed plants for my butterfly and pollinator garden. I found this caterpillar on one of the Swamp Milkweed plants I brought home.
Shared with John’s Cellpic Sunday
Cellpic Sunday – Monarch Caterpillar
Wandering Dawgs 
They are just as colorful as when they “come out”, eh?
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Yes, and they are fun to watch as they eat up the milkweed and continue to grow.
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Amazing, Beth!
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Egidio, thank you! He chewed up two millkweed plants and then crawled off. I haven’t seen him since. I just hope he survived to make a chrysalis.
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Fingers crossed!
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That’s wonderful, my friend!
Looks like your new plant came with a bonus guest—nature’s approval in caterpillar form! Your pollinator garden is already making new friends.
Congratulations on being selected to join the Lens Artists team!
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Thank you so much! I hope the caterpillar is the first of many that I’ll see this summer. I think it will be fun being part of the Lens-Artists team.
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Welcome, my friend.
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That’s wonderful! And how exciting for you to watch.
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After eating two milkweed plants he crawled off and I haven’t seen him or a chrysalis since then. I hope he made it.
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