Date: 04/23/2002

Number: 1

I have been in the field a number of times already this year and today
(April 23) was the first day that I saw a Monarch here in the Columbia,
Missouri area. The sighting was within the boundaries of Rock Bridge State
Park on the south edge of Columbia in Boone County. The butterfly was faded,
but otherwise in good condition and was attempting to lay eggs on milkweeds that had just come up.

I think that the Monarch that I saw was probably part of the
overwintering population since it was very worn and faded. It normally takes
a while for this to happen in the wild and is good evidence for it being an
older adult.
Cheers!

Columbia, MO

Latitude: 38.9 Longitude: -92.2

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