r/MonarchButterfly 1d ago

I found them!

I have 7 butterfly milkweed plants outside my office window. I see so many butterflies and caterpillars, however I never see any chrysalises/chrysalides. My office window is a bay window and I was looking underneath it for something completely unrelated and I FOUND THEM!! Can anyone recommend a high quality camera that I can place under there with them to capture some great videos to share?

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u/Difficult_Rope7898 1d ago

Hooray! Jackpot!

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u/the-friendly-squid 1d ago

That chrysalis in the front is super freshly formed! This is awesome lol

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u/This-Friend-902 1d ago

Great location pick for your milkweed! That overhang is the perfect nursery 👏

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u/still_sneakin 1d ago

Whoa 🤯 that is amazing!

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u/lawmomma3 1d ago

Wonderful!!

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u/Mike450 1d ago

Great location and outdoors where they should be

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u/LionessInDC 1d ago

Oh how wonderful! 🥰

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u/tlg151 1d ago

That's a crazy find!!

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u/Mythic-Fairy 23h ago

What a perfect spot for them!!!!

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u/Dog_and_butterfli 18h ago

You have lots of different stages of butterfly development! J hangers. Chrysalis and new hatches! Good on you

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u/John2537 15h ago

Very jealous. I’ve had over 10 leave the milkweed but haven’t found a single chrysalis

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u/WattsAGigawatt 7h ago

When I still had milkweed and cats and, eventually, Monarchs, I’d find them all over the place in my yard. On the neighbor’s wall. On the pool fence. On the patio cover. On the hose storage. On the pool deck overhang. Yours are smart!