Date: 03/17/2002

Number: 1

We were down at our place in Palacios, Texas (on the Gulf Coast) this past weekend. We saw a Monarch flying, however, we also went down on Matagorda Peninsula which is on the gulf side instead of the bay side and were stunned to see SEVERAL dead Monarchs washed onto the beach. They were still beautiful, intact and still orange. We also saw thousands of dead lady bugs that were also washed up. Is this a normal phenomenon? Anyway, thought yall would be interested in the monarchs that were washed onto the beach.

Reported for Lisa Meador by Mike Quinn, Texas Monarch Watch

Matagorda Peninsula, TX

Latitude: 28.6 Longitude: -96

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