{"id":12957,"date":"2012-06-01T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=12957"},"modified":"2012-06-01T14:40:09","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T21:40:09","slug":"monarch-trek-the-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/06\/01\/monarch-trek-the-next-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Monarch Trek: The Next Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Found at least four new and tiny Monarch larvae (each one about an eighth of an inch long) munching on the milkweed blooms. 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Also got a shot of a visible egg, which are usually hidden underneath the leaves. With the milkweeds in full bloom and the Monarchs\u00a0already\u00a0showing up in force, this promises to be great &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/06\/01\/monarch-trek-the-next-generation\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-3mZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":311,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/08\/monarch-larva-into-chrysalis\/","url_meta":{"origin":12957,"position":0},"title":"Monarch Larva Transforming Into Chrysalis","date":"June 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning I spent two hours patiently taking pictures of a hanging yellow and black Monarch larva transform into a shiny green chrysalis.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Monarch01-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1724,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/09\/13\/three-new-monarch-larvae\/","url_meta":{"origin":12957,"position":1},"title":"Three New Monarch Larvae","date":"September 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Got some shots of three Monarch larvae I found in the backyard.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":805,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/07\/18\/monarch-butterfly-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":12957,"position":2},"title":"Monarch Butterfly Day","date":"July 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Took pictures of four Monarch Butterflies that all emerged from their chrysalises today. One I took pictures of as it emerged.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9679,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/11\/05\/penultimate-monarch\/","url_meta":{"origin":12957,"position":3},"title":"Penultimate Monarch","date":"November 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Our second to last Monarch emerged today, having smartly waited until the day after our rain storm. It was reborn healthy and ready to take life on in its new form.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Monarch-11-05-11-lo-res-200x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1763,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/09\/14\/relocation-of-two-monarch-larvae\/","url_meta":{"origin":12957,"position":4},"title":"Relocation Of Two Monarch Larvae","date":"September 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Transferred our last two Monarch larvae across the street to Betty's house since our milkweeds had no more leaves for them to eat.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Bettys01-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":333,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/10\/roses-and-larvae\/","url_meta":{"origin":12957,"position":5},"title":"Roses and Larvae","date":"June 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Worked on photos I took of my mom's roses and of some tiny, freshly-hatched Monarch Butterfly larvae that I had to transport from a plumeria plant to a milkweed.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Monarch-Larva-Baby02-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12957"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12957"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12964,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12957\/revisions\/12964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}