I decided to look into this a little more closely. I surveyed the plants carefully. There were actually 45 eggs on them. I harvested one of the leafs with a single egg on it. Took pictures through a microscope, and left it in a glass of water to watch it develop. It hatched yesterday. I'll check it and the others to see how they're doing when I get home from work later today. However, as of this morning the egg that hatched had not died.

Great question, Linda. It is true, but has more to do with the temperatures. Monarchs can not fly at temps below 55 degrees, and they can not live for long at temps below freezing. Sandy gave you a great resource for your newsletter at Monarchwatch.org. You will find a wealth of reliable information on their website. There is a small window of opportunity for them to have the best chance to migrate to Mexico, and succeed. Here's some info. Fall migration http://monarchwatch.org/tagmig/index.htm Peak migration Find your latitude, and plug it into here. http://monarchwatch.org/tagmig/peak.html This gives you a 12 day leeway, as it is only an estimate. This gives you a rough estimate as to when they should be migrating in your area. Remember that there may be some older females full of eggs, that may be unable to make the journey. They will continue to live out their life in your yard, happily laying eggs everywhere until they die. The eggs will hatch, and the caterpillars will eat, but they will probably develope slower, because your temperatures have cooled off, and their metabolism has gotten slower. They may or may not make it to a chrys., or emerge and not be able to fly if your temps are below 60 during the day, and close to freezing at night. I have had Monarchs in November before when we've had really nice weather in the fall, but they lived out their life in my garden, and did not try to migrate. When do you usally have your first hard freeze? With all of your nectar sources gone, even if they were protected enough to survive the freeze, they would not have food to survive. Hope that helped to answer your question. :) Do research the Monarch website to find lots of information.

Hi Guys and Gals!! Jwhite... i would wait like Jen and Dave (Andrew) and transition your barerooted tree. First you need to pot it up and let it acclimate it to the soil and then transfer outside. Jen is right. Let it sit and get used to the temps and then when it warms up.. out they go!! OK.. Honestly, i put mine out last week and was worried. We had temps into the 80's for the last four days and the nighttime temps into the high 50's. They are outside for good!!! Only exception.. Kapalua if it needs to be brought inside! ;-) The smaller ones from cuttings are in the green house and the large 6-9 footers are all on the deck. They are looking good and i was worried about bringing them out myself. Last year i brought them out to early and did the dance (5) times.. Yes, 5.... I thought my back and my DH were going to put me into the hospital. One for physical pains and the other for Cough, cough, mental.. LMAO!!! The are looking good, but i would wait in your area for a few more weeks. Good Luck!! Laura

Google 'Intense Rainbow' or 'Katie Moragne'. I think it's closer to one of those. I'll attach a shot of my Jeannie in warmer weather. Note that the yellow is surrounded by red/hot pink. But really, there are so many cultivars nowdays. Hopefully someone else can give you ideas about what it is. Can't remember, does it have a scent? It sure is a nice combo of colors! This post was edited by dave_in_nova on Tue, Jul 8, 14 at 9:37