Monarch Trip Snacks
What to feed them in the fall
Monarch butterflies drink nectar from flowers. If your milkweed looks like these - ours - this time of year, they aren't getting fed!
It's important to have flowering plants that they can get nectar from especially as they migrate down south. That includes butterflies coming down from Canada through Michigan.
Question: I leave the milkweed alone but for some reason it does not flower
Answer: That's perfectly ok. Monarch butterflies get nectar from all.kinds of other flowers. They need the milkweed when they are laying eggs so the caterpillars can eat it. If your milkweed leaves are healthy, they can lay eggs. And if you happen to find eggs or baby caterpillars, those leaves can be used to feed them.
But the butterflies are more likely to notice the milkweed if there are other flowers blooming nearby.
Monarch butterflies need NECTAR in the fall. They go all the way down south in one long trip! They aren't laying eggs in the fall!
Add these perennials to help them out. #monarchbutterfly #fallplantings
Yes, milkweed is good for monarch butterflies. So are these. And there's lots of pollinators who enjoy these as well :)
#beebalm #monarda #coneflower #echinacea #blackeyedsusan #rudbeckia
Baby Info Bonus
Monarch caterpillars are little piggies and will eat all you give them as long as it's fresh.(This is 4 hours reduced to 30 minutes) #monarchs #caterpillars #milkweed #chrysali #butterfly #newlife https://youtu.be/zCDDZ5Jpej
400% faster than real life. Two monarch caterpillars that had been in J shape for about 24 hours changed from J shape to chrysalis form. https://youtu.be/CtCgARCEWfo
Butterfly Birth https://youtu.be/mYLUqTzV3Y4