What plant does the monarch caterpillar eat?
As all butterflies start their lifecycle as a caterpillar a big part of looking after the daily running of our farm is ensuring all our caterpillars are happy. As we are taught as children – “the very hungry caterpillar” is true! The main activity of a caterpillar is to eat, so it is important that sufficient food is provided for all the caterpillars at all times. The caterpillars of the Monarch butterfly only eat the leaves from one specific type of plant. Therefore, another significant aspect of our farm is growing the plants to feed to caterpillars. It is also a daily task to ensure that all the breeding and growing areas of our farm are clean and fresh, otherwise the caterpillars can get sick. The actual breeding of the butterflies is just one aspect of our business. We then have the office and customer service aspects to take care of – ranging from customer enquires through to processing and tracking new orders through to actually delivering the butterflies to our customers on the
