E eOrchids Well-Known Member Joined Jun 12, 2006 Messages 1,760 Reaction score 5 Location somewhere in NJ Mar 30, 2015 #21 Very cool! Love seeing the transition of Monarchs! Thanks for sharing!!!
Erythrone ST Supporter Supporting Member Joined Nov 22, 2010 Messages 9,376 Reaction score 205 Location Eastern Townships, Quebec Mar 30, 2015 #22 Great idea!!! We already grow milkweed in some flower beds (yes... We grow the weedy Asclepias syriacus just for Monarch caterpillar). Unfortunatly stink bugs destroy a lot of them!
Great idea!!! We already grow milkweed in some flower beds (yes... We grow the weedy Asclepias syriacus just for Monarch caterpillar). Unfortunatly stink bugs destroy a lot of them!
L Linus_Cello ST Supporter Supporting Member Joined Aug 18, 2011 Messages 3,956 Reaction score 582 Location Washington DC, USA Mar 30, 2015 #23 Save the Viceroy!
Erythrone ST Supporter Supporting Member Joined Nov 22, 2010 Messages 9,376 Reaction score 205 Location Eastern Townships, Quebec Mar 30, 2015 #24 Linus_Cello said: Save the Viceroy! Click to expand... :rollhappy:
Heather ST Supporter Supporting Member Joined Jun 6, 2006 Messages 10,769 Reaction score 200 Location Sacramento, CA. Outside w/ Southeast Exposure Mar 30, 2015 #25 I love this thread! Good for you, Rick and Melinda - and what fun to watch!
SlipperKing Madd Virologist Joined Sep 16, 2007 Messages 19,907 Reaction score 1,764 Location Pearland TX Mar 31, 2015 #26 Thank you all. We have one getting ready to split open. Hopefully I can update the pics.
phrag guy Well-Known Member Joined Jun 8, 2006 Messages 2,555 Reaction score 2 Location Goderich,Ont,Can Mar 31, 2015 #27 this is great,we also here in Ont have milkweed planted to help them out.
SlipperKing Madd Virologist Joined Sep 16, 2007 Messages 19,907 Reaction score 1,764 Location Pearland TX Apr 5, 2015 #28 Update Some have been released already but here are few ready to go to start the cycle over. Closeup of the aphids feeding on the flower stems One that didn't made it. Something went wrong in its development...the wings didn't make it. The butterfly died later.
Update Some have been released already but here are few ready to go to start the cycle over. Closeup of the aphids feeding on the flower stems One that didn't made it. Something went wrong in its development...the wings didn't make it. The butterfly died later.
SlipperFan Addicted Joined Jun 9, 2006 Messages 43,287 Reaction score 50 Location Michigan, USA Apr 6, 2015 #30 This is really good of you, Rick!
Stone Well-Known Member Joined Oct 27, 2011 Messages 5,445 Reaction score 226 Location Victoria Australia Apr 6, 2015 #31 Great thread Rick and good on your wife for doing her bit! I used to ''grow'' these in my bedroom as a kid. A bit messy though....
Great thread Rick and good on your wife for doing her bit! I used to ''grow'' these in my bedroom as a kid. A bit messy though....
SlipperKing Madd Virologist Joined Sep 16, 2007 Messages 19,907 Reaction score 1,764 Location Pearland TX Apr 7, 2015 #32 I'm sure your mom found it interesting Mike!