Butterflies?

 Growing up in elementary school in a small town, every year a teacher brought in monarch caterpillars and we got to watch their progress over the summer. This year I created an “urban raised flower garden” for pollinators and next to it I transplanted about 6 common milkweed plants. I found this isn’t the ideal location being directly next to my privacy fence because they don’t get many hours of sunlight each day. Only one of the plants survived and has slowly grown to about 2 feet tall. 

Today I happened to be outside around the flower garden and sure enough a female Monarch flys into the yard, onto the plant and deposited at least 1 or 2 eggs. Later I went to look for them and sure enough I found one and possibly another one. I know this plant probably isn’t even enough for one caterpillar let alone two, but I do know where some patches of milkweed are growing if I need extra leaves. At this point I haven’t decided yet if I want to let nature take its course or bring those leaves inside and raise them like I did long ago. I really want to share the experience with my children. I’ll keep you guys updated.