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…
I got my hopes up when I saw this caterpillar on the swamp milkweed in the pollinator garden…but my research shows it is probably just a painted lady caterpillar…like the ones we raised inside. So not rare, but exciting!
If you were part of the 2-2 community for the 2014-2015, you may remember seeing this species of primrose, during our class trip to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in October 2014. As part of Growing A Wild Brooklyn & Queens, a pilot program to help restore the Monarch butterfly habitat, we visited the plants in the park…
