how does it take

[bomber]

for this guy to sprout wings?

 

[bytheriver]

I raised one of these from when it was the size of black speck on the milkweed. Watched all the stages and took him to the local garden to turn him loose and watched him fly away to Mexico.

This website will give you all the information you need.

http://www.zoomwhales.com/subjects/butterfly/species/Monarch.shtml

Thanks for posting this very enjoyable post

River

 

[rmptr]

I'd say less than 3 minutes in my yard, Bomber.

Our Bluejays don't miss much.


rmptr

 

[Mobes]

Cool pic I just found one of those a couple of weeks ago. They are some type of sphinx moth.