Out of this jumble of plants in the wagon nursery....
...this little monarch larva found the butterfly weed and started to munch.
It is probable that a monarch butterfly found the plant and laid her egg on it.
That would explain better how a very tiny caterpillar could get to the exact plant it needed to eat. Butterfly weed is part of the milkweed (asclepsis) family. It's the one with the orange flowers.
Although the idea of her daringly scaling the sides of the Radio Flyer to survive is the stuff of super hero stories.
Caterpillar Girl and Wing Woman - the Origin Story. Look for it on Netflix soon.
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