Laying Eggs Along the Way
These pictures and field notes illustrate a day in the life of a migrating monarch:

"Today I watched a beautiful faded monarch female laying eggs on the young native milkweed plants (Asclepius viridis) in our pastures. I took some photographs of her and of the tiny eggs on some of the milkweed plants she visited. I watched her for about 25 minutes as she traversed a 2 acre area back and forth. It was around noon with overcast skies and about 80 degrees F. Simply wonderful to see her and her determination to find the perfect plants for her eggs. I saw her lay eggs on at least 10 different plants, usually 2 or more eggs on each plant." Kathy Metzger, Dobbin, Texas