monarch
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I love seeing all this milkweed growing at the barn.
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I think the girls are a little less impressed with raising monarchs this summer. We found one tiny caterpillar, but they didn't seem interested in finding any more.
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Yesterday morning they checked and the chrysalis was black, which means it would be hatching any day.
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By the time we got back from the mall yesterday afternoon we had a butterfly.
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It didn't make it very far at first. 🤣
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