April 25 2021
Monarch Caterpillar feeding on Antelope Horn milkweed flower leaves.
Female Monarch Butterflies lay eggs on the host milkweed plant. As the eggs grow into caterpillars, they eat the leaves of the plant.
Caretakers put out an old wooden crate to provide a place for the Caterpillar to climb onto to begin its chyrsyalis stage. This prevents the Caterpillar from expending too much energy to crawl across the land, looking for a place to climb up to become a chrysalis.
Successsful Chrysalis of Monarch Butterfly
Field of white flowers are Antelope Horn plants at pole barn. Caretakers have found Chrysalis's on various places here, under picnic table, under logs , and under edge of eaves.
