Nature at its finest

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As I was heading out for my morning exercise, I of course had to take a detour through my front butterfly garden. I spotted this monarch beauty depositing eggs on our giant milkweed.

The best, though, was closing my front door to see a new chrysalis right below our window. It’s amazing how much activity takes place over night.

There was more excitement in our butterfly house. A gulf fritillary hatched this morning, our fourth one we have raised from caterpillar.

Laying eggs

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The garden was extremely busy this afternoon, as a few female monarch butterflies sought out both young and older milkweed plants around the garden. I caught this one laying eggs, while a caterpillar was close by chowing down.

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