Date: 08/21/2003

Number: 1

My usual observation area at Choctaw Trails in southwest Jackson, MS was inadvertantly mowed last week leaving only a few milkweed plants in the ditches and other areas too difficult to reach with tractors. Today I went out to check the status of the fields and found the surviving plants to be loaded with eggs and larvae. In about 5 minutes time I found 15 eggs and a dozen 2nd and 3rd instar larvae on Asclepias viridis plants. Two females were also observed in flight through the fields but they were not ovipositing or nectaring.

Clinton, MS

Latitude: 32.4 Longitude: -90.3

Observed by: Bill
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