{"id":333,"date":"2010-06-10T15:19:07","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T23:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=333"},"modified":"2010-06-10T15:21:23","modified_gmt":"2010-06-10T23:21:23","slug":"roses-and-larvae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/10\/roses-and-larvae\/","title":{"rendered":"Roses and Larvae"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Monarch <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Monarch <\/a> <\/div>
\"Rose <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Rose <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[14,13],"tags":[85,83,91,92,89,90],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-5n","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11381,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/02\/03\/new-monarch-larvae\/","url_meta":{"origin":333,"position":0},"title":"New Monarch Larvae","date":"February 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been quite a while since I posted any photos of Monarch larvae (mainly because of cold weather and a lack of egg-laying butterflies) so here are nine that I found on our milkweed plants today, just enough to field a baseball team. 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Really glad I did because I ended up finding\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Milkweeds01-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13694,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/11\/01\/two-stages-of-butterfly-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":333,"position":2},"title":"Two Stages Of Butterfly Life","date":"November 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I was amazingly lucky to be able to watch a Monarch larva transform into a chrysalis, followed closely by a healthy Monarch butterfly emerge from its chrysalis, which then I was able to temporarily place on my shoulder before it flew away. It was a good nature day.","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Monarch-Chrysalis-11-01-12-lo-res-200x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":311,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/08\/monarch-larva-into-chrysalis\/","url_meta":{"origin":333,"position":3},"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 "Fauna"","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":12957,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/06\/01\/monarch-trek-the-next-generation\/","url_meta":{"origin":333,"position":4},"title":"Monarch Trek: The Next Generation","date":"June 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Found at least four new and tiny Monarch larvae (each one about an eighth of an inch long) munching on the milkweed blooms. 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,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Monarch-Larvae01-06-01-12-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":333,"position":5},"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 "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333"}],"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=333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}