Ms. Monarch

Dr. Edson
 

How many eggs can one monarch lay?

Ms. Monarch 2007
laid a grand total* of
326 eggs
!

* This total only counts the eggs Ms. Monarch laid while she was in Dr. Edson's lab. Surely she laid many more while traveling between Mexico and Arkansas.

 

Special thanks to Dr. Jim Edson for sharing Ms. Monarch's story with us, and for faithfully counting her eggs every day.


Observations by Dr. Jim Edson

University of Arkansas at Monticello