Just noticed that there's a few small holes in some of the Swamp Milkweed leaves next to the back gate. Hmm. Do we have a vandal desecrating the milkweed? Let's put on our Sherlock Holmes hat and see who or what might be causing this. Step one: turn leaf over. Step two: look at underside of leaf. Step three: identify vandal. Yup, the usual suspect. Small, striped in black/yellow/white. Parent was around a few days ago- this is definitely a Monarch caterpillar. This one is about 3/8" long, but by next week will be double that size. The cycle starts again!
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