Crazy Butterflies

After dinner one night, Gray looked out the back door and said, "Mommy, you've gotta see this!  There are 3 butterflies mating!"

"Let me get my camera," I say as I run up the stairs as fast as I can.  Obviously, I don't care about the privacy of these creatures.  I'm just thinking, I've got to get this on film!

Sure enough, there was a male and female mating with another male trying to get in on the action.

Do you know how to tell a male Monarch from a female?  See the black oval dots on the black lines of the two with their wings open?  That means they are boys.

First Mommy Monarch

Emma informed me the other day that we had a "laying Monarch" outside! Sure enough, our first Mommy Monarch has come to visit our butterfly garden and leave some eggs.

Count the butterflies

Can you find all the butterflies? On this day (3/28) we released 8 monarch butterflies. The next day 6. Over the last week, we released almost 30 of them. I have great plans for our own butterfly garden. I'll let you know when it happens.