Date: 07/03/2002

Number: 1

I saw my first monarch today. It was across the road so I was unable to tell if it was male or female or what condition it was in. By the way it was zigzagging from milkweed plant to plant, I would suspect it was a female laying eggs.

My husband told me he was sure he saw a monarch, just down the road a week earlier, June 27th. I didn't want to post the observation until I saw one for myself. But the fact that I found 3 - 1st instar cats also on July 3rd would confirm his siting about that time.

A day later, July 4th, I found 2 - 5th instar caterpillars. The first one changed into a chrysalis this morning. The 2nd one is weaving his silk pad now and will probably go into his upside down J position tonight. This indicates a monarch was in the area laying eggs somewhere during the second last week of June. That's an estimate.

There's no words to describe how thrilled I am that some decendants of the surviving monarchs made it this far north so soon and at the end of my d

Haliburton, ON

Latitude: 45 Longitude: -78.3

Observed by: Louise
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