Cleaning Up Is A Treasure Hunt

Mark cut down the flower bed behind my dad's memory tree and I was weeding around what was left and almost picked up this spider.  I have no idea what kind it is so I gave him a wide area to sun in.

Then I screamed when I found this!  You have no idea how I have tried and tried to get a monarch caterpillar this year.  I gently picked it up and put in the net cage that I have and I am hoping for the best.

I have one caterpillar left from the four that I found this year.  I gotta believe that it is late in the season because they all seem to die without any warning.  I checked on this guy when I got home from church and he was still a caterpillar but he was hanging upside down in the j position for I knew the next stage.  I didn't realize that it happens so quick.  In a matter of hours I have a chrysalis.  Oh please let this one turn into a butterfly!

Mark cut down the flower bed behind my dad's memory tree and I was weeding around what was left and almost picked up this spider.  I have no idea what kind it is so I gave him a wide area to sun in.

Then I screamed when I found this!  You have no idea how I have tried and tried to get a monarch caterpillar this year.  I gently picked it up and put in the net cage that I have and I am hoping for the best.

I have one caterpillar left from the four that I found this year.  I gotta believe that it is late in the season because they all seem to die without any warning.  I checked on this guy when I got home from church and he was still a caterpillar but he was hanging upside down in the j position for I knew the next stage.  I didn't realize that it happens so quick.  In a matter of hours I have a chrysalis.  Oh please let this one turn into a butterfly!