And we ALREADY have caterpillars! Well at least one caterpillar :)
It's a monarch.
We went out to see it again later, but couldn't find it. We also have ants on the milkweed, so there is definitely going to be some egg loss to them. But I figure that's why butterflies lay so many eggs - when Rob was doing his PhD research he called it "fecundity" - that is butterflies (and bait fish) have "high fecundity" because most of their offspring never live to be adults.
I think this particular caterpillar might be native to Home Depot since we've only had our garden for 4 1/2 days.
Danielle is going to be SO jealous! Monarch caterpillars are so pretty, they make beautiful chrysalises, and are gorgeous butterflies. Very cool.
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