~The milkweed seedpod has just opened. The seeds are starting to float away!

~Away they go!

~Painted ladies love our butterfly garden!

~This painted lady loves the flower on our butterfly bush.

~This swallowtail caterpillar is making its way up to the leaves of the curly parsley.

~This swallowtail caterpillar says, "Munch, munch, munch, curly parsley for your lunch."
 

~"Yummy, yummy milkweed!" Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed.

~Be careful not to touch the fence! There is a monarch chrysalis on it.

~A male monarch uses its proboscis to drink nectar from a milkweed flower to get strong for its journey to Mexico.

~“Slurrrrp!  The nectar from this milkweed sure is tasty.”