Into the Flight Cage

Today we spent about an hour moving 33 chrysalis into the flight cage (which is a collapsible hamper). This will probably be the final number; we had four fatalities which occurred before the adult caterpillar could change. We have three who still may change, so we'll keep an eye on them.

The earliest we could see butterflies is this Friday the 4th. However, I would be more inclined that they will be coming out that following week.

Stay tuned . . .

PS - on another note, I saw our first monarch of the year over the weekend as it stopped to sip from our butterfly weed which is in gorgeous bloom this year. Fantastic plant.