Maggie and Bobby’s front entryway is like a nature channel dedicated to Monarch eggs, larvae, pupae, and butterflies. It’s not an accident. They populate their entry garden with milkweed, the only plant on which Monarchs can grow, and they protect and nurture the eggs, larvae (caterpillars), and pupae (chrysalises). Then they provide a safe and abundant mating landscape for the adult Monarch butterflies. Within a range of just a few steps, I witnessed all four stages of this life cycle.

The image above is a tiny baby caterpillar, and the picture just below is one of the many pupae clinging to different areas of their porch. You can see the butterfly forming inside. It is miraculous. The rest of the images should be self-explanatory—nature rocks.

Jeff Turner

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