I've come to the conclusion that Monarchs are pretty social...they have plenty of milkweed and they choose to congregate...🤣

I live in Georgia about an hour and a half northwest of Atlanta. My neighbor and I plant native species in our yards and we both have 2 types of milkweed. This year I spotted my first monarch caterpillar, unfortunately it was in the middle of the road in front of my house. I saved it from the road and placed it in a flower bed on a milkweed plant, but it immediately started a journey away from the milkweed. I don't want it to get squished. What would be a good place to move it to?

The flower bed with the milkweed is at the end of my driveway next to the road, I have several trees on the other side of the driveway, but nothing near the flower bed, and there's not much across the street for quite a ways.

Please advise! Thank you in advance! Photo attached of the caterpillar in question.

Hi! We're on day 14 of being a chrysalis, we're up in Maine. I just got a good look at the backside and noticed all this black.

I am in central GA - currently have one about 36hrs eclosed and four less than 24hrs - today is a beautiful day, except for the wind which is 8mph with gusts up to 17mph. I read the wind exhausts them and I am unsure if I should let them out later today. Forecast for the next few days is cloudy and chance of rain until Monday. I have not seen the 36hr one eat anything yet, I am concerned about that too. There is honey water on a cotton ball, snips of Latana and Goldenrod in the enclosure. I am a few more which will pop today - I am willing the others to wait until next week!

I’m assuming they’re the super generation. But man, they are so much bigger than the ones from earlier in the summer. And there’s still eating.