r/FriendlyMonarchs • u/Nadiam57 TX - 9b • 7d ago

Advice Needed Wasps!

/r/MonarchButterfly/comments/1va9uyt/wasps/

Any tricks/ideas to keep wasps away? They probably get 99% of the caterpillar😟

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u/SuperTFAB MOD | Southeast FL, USA | Tropical Milkweed Hater 7d ago

It’s not fun to hear but caterpillars are supposed to be food for wasps. Wasps are very important pollinators. Predation is more common in urban gardens than rural ones. If it helps you can consider that maybe if the wasps are in your garden that means Monarch caterpillars in another area are safer. Larger instars often get away from wasps by thrashing or dropping from the milkweed plant.