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| My first Monarch egg hatched last night!
I was able to see the dark colored head through the egg, so I figured it would hatch soon and put the egg leaf on top of a few small fresh leaves. I checked it before going to bed last night, and I could no longer see the egg. I assumed it had hatched, but did not see the caterpillar. Despite my excitement, I resisted the urge to start rummaging around to find it, and it would be better off if I just left it be. This morning I looked between the egg leaf, and the fresh leaves and saw the instar, munching away! Woo-Hoo! I set out to finish the "Penthouse Suite" of the "Monarch Hotel". When I got it done, was going to take some pics to post, and got called in to work early! D'OH! I came up with a great idea to put fresh milkweed stalks in, without fear of cats falling into water. Will post pics later today! Thanks for looking,
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Follow-Up Postings:
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- Posted by misssherry Z8/9MS (My Page) on Wed, Jun 8, 11 at 20:16
| Congrats, Mark! It sure is exciting, isn't it? Sherry |
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- Posted by bettyd_z7_va 7 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 8, 11 at 20:37
| Can't wait to see the pics! No monarch BFs, eggs or cats here, yet. :( Betty |
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- Posted by fighting8r 10 Fort Myers Florid (My Page) on Wed, Jun 8, 11 at 22:38
| Yeah! Go spaceman caterpillar! |
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- Posted by brindlebutt 6 - SW PA (My Page) on Fri, Jun 10, 11 at 20:19
| Congratulations! Nothing as exciting as that first hatching egg! Keep us posted on how it is developing, and please let us see your ingenious sprig widget. |
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- Posted by spaceman13 6b (My Page) on Sat, Jun 11, 11 at 16:16
| SpaceCat Molted! Here is spaceCat, 1st instar shortly after hatching, very small and hiding all the time. By the time I got the camera set up, He/She was out of sight! I looked in the enclosure this morning and SpaceCat had just finished molting! |
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- Posted by bernergrrl z5 NH (My Page) on Sat, Jun 11, 11 at 16:36
| Yeah! Congrats on getting it to hatch successfully! :) |
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- Posted by misssherry Z8/9MS (My Page) on Sat, Jun 11, 11 at 18:10
| How adorable - monarchs are such cute cats! Sherry |
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- Posted by sweet_melissa 7 (My Page) on Sat, Jun 11, 11 at 20:14
| Very Cool! |
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