Monarch butterfly zooms in for Milkweed

Tropical Milkweed attracts a female Monarch.

Butterfly watching

Hello, little egg.

Yesterday morning while doing some chores outside Jan and I saw a female Monarch landing on our Tropical Milkweed flowers.

At first I though she was just feeding but then we watched as she landed on several different leaves and slid her abdomen under the leaves. This morning I checked one of those plants and found at least two eggs without looking very hard.

This morning I saw either her or another one doing they same thing on a different clump of the Milkweed. Hopefully in a few days there will be caterpillars. -- David H.