Date: 11/04/2003

Number: 1

My son and I observed a monarch butterfly as it flew across our car windshield as we sat in line at a Wendy's fast food restaurant drive-thru. The monarch appeared to be a newly eclosed butterfly - bright coloration and large in size. We are yearly participants in the Monarch Watch tagging program and tagged 50 monarchs this year, ending with the final butterfly tagged on 9/30/03. In previous years, I have tagged up through the first two weeks of October, but never recall seeing monarchs this late in the season. The day was a record-breaking 78 degrees.

Monroeville, PA

Latitude: 40.4 Longitude: -79.8

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