{"id":5783,"date":"2017-10-14T08:10:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T15:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=5783"},"modified":"2017-10-14T08:10:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T15:10:31","slug":"monarch-butterfly-emerged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=5783","title":{"rendered":"Monarch Butterfly Emerged!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/ButterflyEmerged.jpg\" alt=\"Butterfly\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Monarch butterfly remained in the courtyard until nearly 6:00 pm. The last sighting, it was in the top of the Mimosa. Earlier in the day a Monarch butterfly flew through the courtyard. Hope that they found each other and will continue on their journey together.<\/p>\n<p>The chrysalis was attached to a leaf of a potted Brugmansia. I broke off the leaf to get a better look at the empty chrysalis. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/EmptyChrysalis_IMG_7147.jpg\" alt=\"Empty Chrysalis\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I was looking at the numerous spider mites, I also noticed a clear caterpillar with a dark head. Altered the image to see the detail a bit more.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MonarchWormArrow_IMG_7224.jpg\" alt=\"Monarch Caterpillar\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am surprised that any of my photos are in focus. Had my eyes dilated during my eye exam yesterday morning.<\/p>\n<p>If it is a Monarch in the early stages, it will be hungry. I placed the Brug leaf in a plastic shoe box with fresh cut milkweed leaves for a snack.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/MilkweedLeavesWorm_IMG_7221.jpg\" alt=\"Monarch Caterpillar\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Brugmansia is infested with spider mites. Waiting to give the Brug systemic until the Monarchs are gone. There are 5 additional Monarch caterpillars that have gone missing. Not all will successfully become a chrysalis and transform to become a lovely butterfly. That is one of the reasons why it was so important to see the butterfly emerge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/BrugInPot_IMG_6831.jpg\" alt=\"Brug in Pot\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I am certain they are gone, I will remove all of the leaves, and maybe cut it back as well, before giving it systemic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/ChrysalisOnLeaf_IMG_6975.jpg\" alt=\"Chrysalis\" \/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Monarch butterfly remained in the courtyard until nearly 6:00 pm. The last sighting, it was in the top of the Mimosa. Earlier in the day a Monarch butterfly flew through the courtyard. Hope that they found each other and will continue on their journey together. The chrysalis was attached to a leaf of a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=5783\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monarch Butterfly Emerged!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,40,9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardens","category-insects","category-nature","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5783"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5797,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5783\/revisions\/5797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}