Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Help Save The Monarchs! Raising monarch butterflies, 5 by grannyh

grannyh wrote:
‪#‎YouBeTheJudge‬
Alright then...Monarch Butterflies...during the breeding season adults reach sexual maturity in four or five days. Yes, that\'s amazing! You release them...five days later they are looking for mates! :O
That being said:...We place newly emerged Monarchs on our Crabapple Tree..(the one we fondly call \'The Butterfly Tree\' since they would AlwaYs fly to that particular tree anyway.)
Our first release this year of new Monarchs (16) was on July 28&29.
Again today, I watched a female Monarch all over the Milkweed in the Garden. Occasionally she would go over and rest in \'The Butterfly Tree\' and then continue on with her business.
Coincidence??... ‪#‎IThinkNot‬