Subject: Daniel – Monarch Butterfly Caterpillars
Location: Hawthorne, CA
December 3, 2013 7:34 pm
Hi Daniel,
We have seven Monarch Butterfly caterpillars as of today and wanted to share some photos with you. There were more, but we can’t figure out what happened to them. Maybe wasps, or goldfinches?
Signature: Thanks, Anna Carreon
Good Morning Anna,
What a nice cheerful posting you have provided for us this morning. We believe Goldfinches are seed eaters, so if there is predation, we would suspect wasps to be the culprits. We planted some cosmos seeds already and they are beginning to sprout.
Wonderful! Thanks for letting me know that the goldfinches aren’t eating my caterpillars. I so enjoy putting out Nyjer seed for them in the winter.
Anna