Went to fill the bird feeders at the park today. Where last week when I stopped by the feeders were practically full, today they were all empty. I went into the visitors center with my camera when I was done to see if there were any caterpillars left in the cage. What luck a couple were dripping wet and some were just emerging from their cocoon and a few had just attached themselves to the ceiling to make their cocoon. Thought I'd make a collage so you could see the different stages. I believe more than 600 caterpillars turned in Monarch butterflies here this season. They were tagged and released into the wild.
(I'm constantly amazed that I still come across 365 photo members I haven't encountered before, though they've taken so many pictures as you have! Thanks for coming by!)
You've pulled together a lovely collage and some interesting information about the Monarchs! I had no idea it was possible to tag a butterfly...or how anyone could possibly hope to find it again! That's really interesting!
this is a great educational collage you assembled here, leslie. i've always been fascinated with stuff like this. except i get squirmy with caterpillars. i missed my chance at the monarch migration two weeks ago. it didn't come in the news in advance so when i found out about it there were throngs of photographers and they outnumbered the butterflies i think! :-)
You've pulled together a lovely collage and some interesting information about the Monarchs! I had no idea it was possible to tag a butterfly...or how anyone could possibly hope to find it again! That's really interesting!