Could this be the larva of a Monarch Butterfly? Three years ago, Mead & Steve’s 2nd grade class worked hard to raise the special milkweed plants that support this troubled species through the Growing A Wild Brooklyn & Queens program. It’s hard to tell, but the critter I spotted Tuesday morning on Denton Place was…
Looks like one of our new caterpillars is getting ready to go into chrysalis. http://www.dkfindout.com/us/video/animals-and-nature/caterpillar-to-chrysalis/ Related: Photos of Caterpillars We’ve Hosted In the Past: They’re Back! Mid-July Report 2014; Caterpillars Come Back to School
Sunday, July 26th, around 10am, near the corner of Carroll St. and Denton Pl. It was checking out the flowers near the church. I’m pretty sure it is a Tiger Swallowtail, a species that lays eggs on birch and other hosts. Not sure we have any host plants in our garden…We may want to add…
