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| Keywords: butterfly monarch butterfly monarchbutterfly eggs laying eggs layingeggs nature insects trees swan plants swanplants summer sun outdoors auckland animals orange black green insect animal outdoor Butterfly in the Making . this beautiful Monarch butterfly, has turned up early in our back yard, she is in the process of laying one of her many eggs on the swan plant. Sadly, we have a big population of wasps, that are gorging on the eggs. last year, we did not manage to get one caterpillar to the pupus stage. In fact, we only managed to see 3 hatched eggs. All others were eaten by predators of some kind. The monarch is in population decline globally. Butterfly in the Making . this beautiful Monarch butterfly, has turned up early in our back yard, she is in the process of laying one of her many eggs on the swan plant. Sadly, we have a big population of wasps, that are gorging on the eggs. last year, we did not manage to get one caterpillar to the pupus stage. In fact, we only managed to see 3 hatched eggs. All others were eaten by predators of some kind. The monarch is in population decline globally. | ||||
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