Date: 06/20/2004

Number: 1

My son found a Monarch today in West Chicago, IL (approx. 33 miles west of
Chicago in DuPage County). It was having problems flying and one wing looked
a bit crumpled. It could still fly enough to keep a way ahead of us though.

There was a lot of milkweed. I'm not sure what kind it was. It had long thin
weeds. I did find a few Monarch eggs on them, but hardly any at all.
There was also some common milkweed whose flower buds were about to open. I
only found one Monarch egg on them.

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West Chicago, IL

Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -88.2

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