Okay, so I messed up my knee and was limited as to leaping about as normal, so went outside and clipped a leaf off the milkweed, and have now raised me a Monarch from egg to caterpillar, and judging by the sudden stoppage of constant eating, soon butterfly - you would never guess how much crap one of these guys puts out! Mo is an eating/crapping machine. Yes, I named him

It looks like he's starting to pupate, if that's how you spell it. What a weird freaking life form this thing is. If you are ever laid up in the summer, I can recommend watching one of these little buggers for entertainment. Plus if you live where they live, every success at home grow means another monarch on the migration - caterpillar survival in the wild is about 12% tops.