Date: 03/23/2002

Number: 1

Just a quick follow up to the milkweed availability here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. If you click on the link below you will see a photo I took this afternoon of an 8 inch sprig of Antelope Horns (Asclepias asperula) in northeast Dallas near White Rock Lake.

Asclepias asperula

There were many such clumps all around in various locations ranging in size from 1 inch to 8 inches. These clumps have been around (although much smaller) for the last two to three weeks. There are also plentiful sprigs of Green Milkweed (A. viridis), although they are considerably smaller since Antelope Horns traditionally breaks ground first in our area. Monarchs are quite plentiful -- certainly more so than last year at this time -- with males doing typical patrolling over the fields looking for females (who are usually doing their best to avoid the males and just oviposit!).
Dale Clark


Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society

Dallas, TX

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Dallas, TX

Latitude: 32.8 Longitude: -96.8

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