Raising The First Generation
Last year I did not find any eggs or caterpillars until the last week of July. This year I am finding them left and right and it's only July 10th! So far I found 39 on July 7th, 25 on July 8th, and today I have found 14. Mostly I am finding eggs but I have found 3 second instar caterpillars and 5 first instars. I just went out on my lunch break and found 6 eggs in one small area: These four were on 4 different plants. I also took a full size milkweed plant by the root an