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Caterpillar egg predators

As I am monitoring I find a lot of eggs, but I don't see many larvae. What would most likely be eating the eggs or first instar?

There are lots of things that eat monarchs! Ants, spiders, red velvet spider mites and stink bugs are some we see frequently. Some monarch larvae also die when their mandibles get gummed up by the milkweed latex.

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