However, this is the first year that I not only got some photos of them in flight, I also witnessed a female laying an egg--twice (on two separate days). :) I found it very satisfying.
In addition, the adults used to seem like rare visitors, but this year, over the past two or three weeks, I seem to see one in our yard each day I go out! Cupplant has proven itself a great favorite with not only the monarchs, but other butterflies and smaller pollinators.
The milkweed that I winter sowed (and, later, posted about planting out in the meadow) are pictured here, in pots with the monarch making good use of them.
