Here’s the size of a second instar monarch caterpillar. Please consider planting native milkweed in your yard and garden because it’s the only food that they lay eggs on and it’s what they are supposed to eat. Different milkweed varieties grow in different places in North and South America. #m#monarchbutterflym#monarchcaterpillarg#gardening

I hope my photos and videos inspire you to help the monarch butterflies by planting milkweed at your home. To keep all wild creatures alive please use organic lawn and garden care. Here is a summer of 2020 video in my garden of a monarch butterfly laying an egg. The egg photos were taken in my gardens in 2026. Monarch butterflies need the milkweed plant to lay eggs on to feed the caterpillar which later transforms into a butterfly. Please consider planting some milkweed in your yard and garden.