It has been a long time since the Queen Butterfly has visited the garden.
This beauty also uses milkweed to lay its eggs. It moved between my milkweed and the blooms on the wild lime tree.
It is a little smaller than the monarch with a wingspan between 6.7-9.8 cm. The wings are a mahogany coloring with black borders and small white spots.
The wild lime tree, which I recently trimmed, is blooming like crazy again. The flowers are stunning and are attracting a ton of bees. Nature is fun to watch.
Honestly, what’s better than taking a stroll through the garden and seeing the lifecycle of a butterfly unfold right before your eyes?
There was a monarch butterfly stopping on the giant milkweed, and then scattered throughout were caterpillars having a feast on the leaves.
My giant milkweed has exploded with monarch caterpillars again. They look to be close to their final instar, if not the final instar. Their gorgeous green chrysalsis will be appearing soon.
