Hope You Make It - We Need You!

Found a small patch of milkweed out at the Forest Service office - use to be loads of it there - now just 3 little patches left. But with careful hunting found two monarch caterpillars. They're good not to run away!

[sarah]

I haven’t see any yet so glad you saw one !!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Lynda McG]

Nice shot - fav

[Lou Ann]

Oh my this is such a great photo. Perfect capture of the caterpillar.

[Joyce W.]

Perfect!

[Julie Ryan]

Super shot! So vibrant!

[Santina]

super shot, I like the details

[Anne Pancella]

Beautiful. Hope he makes it.

[CC Folk]

Fav. I was reading how the monarch butterfly is headed to extinction due to the lack of milkweed...so awful and sad!

[Lois]

Great close up capture!

[Rick]

Super capture.

[gloria jones]

Wow...Such a crisp photo

[Sylvia du Toit]

Fav

[Diana]

Fabulous detailed capture.

[Issi Bannerman]

Fab colours and a beautiful image.

[Margo]

Gorgeous fav

[Jane Martin]

What lovely colours!

[Denise Wood]

Terrific :)

[KoalaGardens🐨]

love them

[Jesika]

Can you plant more native Milkweed? I understand there are schemes for restoring the plant and help the insect. I had the great thrill of visiting 2 reserves 4 years ago during trip to California, something never to be forgotten

[Shepherdman's Wife]

fabulous

[Glenda]

I have some planted in my Backyard - this is a great project when you get such gorgeous caterpillars. This is a beautiful photo with great light!

[Helge Erik Storheim]

Great shot. Lovely colours

[GaryW]

This is just gorgeous! The colors and symmetry of the lines is amazing.

[Milanie]

@jesika2 I tried three years ago, unsuccessfully, but am going to give it a try again

[*lynn]

beautiful capture, love the light ~ fav

[George]

Amazing.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I tried to get Milkweed to take in the dirt between my house and the neighbor's. It grows right down the street but it wouldn't take here. I really was hoping to attract Swallowtails there. But my soil is the worst in PA! Great shot.

[Jane Pittenger]

It looks as if it’s getting nice and plump

[Allison Maltese]

Fabulous image of this caterpillar. I have two kinds of milkweed in my yard, but we still see very few Monarchs compared to years ago when our yard was a butterfly highway.