Encountered some more Monarch caterpillars today, in the same spot as before. This was the only one that I got a good picture of. Both were smaller than the ones I saw before.
Nearby I saw this female Monarch flying around, investigating the milkweed. Could she have once been one of the caterpillars I saw before?
![Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)](http://blog.clockwork-orrery.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2016/09/monarch_butterfly-512x341.jpg)