CMP Review 2024-08-30

August 30, 2024

We’re pinning all of our hopes on this single monarch chrysalis in our milkweed patch.

We found only a dozen or so caterpillars there altogether over the last few weeks.

But we’ve found a handful of frogs there. Every time we walk up, a few of them jump further into the patch and away from us. We did not know that this is a thing, but it is. 😳

And a few of the plants also have patches of aphids on them.

We found this chrysalis 10 days ago. We’re hoping it still stands a fighting chance. But it’s getting dicey. If it doesn’t start turning black soon, I’m afraid we won’t get any monarch butterflies there this year.

Come on, little friend, you can do it!

@antonella.f.greco