u/ClownDogBryan

This little dude decided this was the best place for their transition. Why? I don't know. I have so many better options.

The issue is its in a potted plant and his little button is a bit stretched out. The good news is that he is protected fairly well but is it ok if he is not fully hanging? He's more like half hanging/half being supported by the plant.

I'm guessing the best thing is it let mother nature do it's thing but then I feel bad if I could help and didn't 😭

Mid-40s and just saw my first monarch chrysalis in real life. I feel like a kid with how excited I am 😍

Picture I took this morning when I went to check on the cats.

Hi all! I posted awhile ago about finding teeny tiny caterpillar on my milkweed. Well, now I have 20 of them 🤣 I know there are debates about enclosure vs no enclosure/natural and I have decided to house a few (I think 5) and leave the rest to do their natural thing.

For the enclosure - I have attached a photo of the enclosure. I have lined the bottom with paper towels and placed a concrete cat sculpture inside to keep it weighted down. Inside I have 3 milkweed plants. The nursery had mostly tropical milkweed so I will be sure to cut it down in fall. Does this look Ok for the enclosure? For outdoor placement my options are on my patio (which gets sun almost all day but I can cover the tent with sunshade fabric) or I can put them on my screened in porch where it's shady most of the day minus evening sun because it's west facing. Which one is best you think?

Lastly, which caterpillars do I pick? The big ones? I don't have a lot of small guys at the moment but I do have some smaller than others.

Thank you so much for any and all help. I want to do right by the caterpillars and I'm nervous I will set it up wrong 😭

Attached are photos of the tent on the patio, the screened in porch area I could put it (the geese will be moved) and some of the caterpillars on my milkweed.