This week we found two chrysalises in our garden. Sue Neal found one in our wildflower patch (bee balm) and when we went down to look at it, we found another in the nearby asparagus bed. Both a little over an inch in length and we have periodically checked them morning and afternoon hoping to see a Monarch emerge.
We have now moved a total of 51 Monarch caterpillars from the flats of milkweed seedlings by our garage milkweed we planted earlier in the summer. It is getting late and we are hoping they make it before the nectar flow dries up.
The two pictures at the top is the chrysalis on asparagus and the picture in the bottom is the chrysalis on our bee balm ... you can see monarch wings developed ... will update later!
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