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Caretakers found 10 Monarch Caterpillars and 5 Chrysalis's
Classic scene of Monarch Butterfly life cycle, beginning as an egg and growing into a caterpillar as it feeds on an Antelope Horn milkweed plant. To find Monarch Caterpillars, look for Antelope Horn plants that have lost leaves that have been eaten by caterpillars, they also eat the flowers of the plant.
Caretakers removed dead branches of Ashe Juniper, and laid on countour for erosion control. This allows leaves, dirt and debris to pile up against the edge of the berm, allowing infiltration and reducing rainfall runoff. It also provides light to allow grasses to fill in between tree trunks.
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Census, Habitat, Erosion, 2021
Monarch Caterpillar feeding on Antelope Horn milkweed flower leaves.
Female Monarch Butterflies lay eggs on the host milkweed plant. As the eggs grow into caterpillars, they eat the leaves of the plant.
Caretakers put out an old wooden crate to provide a place for the Caterpillar to climb onto to begin its chyrsyalis stage. This prevents the Caterpillar from expending too much energy to crawl across the land, looking for a place to climb up to become a chrysalis.
Successsful Chrysalis of Monarch Butterfly
Field of white flowers are Antelope Horn plants at pole barn. Caretakers have found Chrysalis's on various places here, under picnic table, under logs , and under edge of eaves.
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Census, Habitat, 2021
Elder Grey Fox, one of the last sightings.
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Census, 2021
Hay Barn ponds full of water. Big Brushy BLuestem grasses surround water edge.
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Habitat, 2021
