How to find Monarch Caterpillars
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there are some in my town but i only ever find fuzzybear catterpillars.
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can u find these in alabama?
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awwwww :( I wish I found a monarch caterpillar sience i never foung one be 4
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first comment cool,can you find those in nc during the start of fall?
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i live in AF...which wetland did you go to in this clip?
katybusus 7 months ago
@katybusus Hi Katy,
The Google Earth Coordinates for this video are 40°21'30.64"N 111°46'32.92"W or it is the NW intersection of East Utah Valley Drive and 4850 West in American Fork, Utah. I hope that habitat is still there and is not another commercial building. The time to look for monarch immatures is right now!! Good luck!! For more information, join our Facebook group--Utah Butterfly Field Trips.
butterflyfieldtrips 7 months ago
gir165. If you google Jeff Pippen Monarchs, you will be directed to his page. Jeff writes "The Monarch migrates into NC each spring, lays eggs on milkweeds (Asclepias spp.), completes its life cycle, and the new generation migrates back south in the fall. A few may be found overwintering along the immediate southern NC coast, although this is not their normal habit of the population."
butterflyfieldtrips 1 year ago
what other plants do they like??
mosmanparkdan 1 year ago
@mosmanparkdan Adults like to roost in trees during the summer in order to escape the heat of the day. Caterpillars feed on many varieites of milkweed; including the vine Sarcostemma clausum. One of the keys to identifying milkweed is that it bleeds white when you remove cuttings; but, it isn't the only plant that bleeds white.
butterflyfieldtrips 1 year ago