Date: 06/27/2005

Number: 1

Saw a fifth-instar caterpillar at Illinois Beach State Park by the Nature
Center late this morning, happily munching away on common milkweed. Would
*love* to see some adults! A large (at least 5" wingspan) black butterfly
kept fluttering around us while we were having a picnic lunch on a grassy
are adjacent to the beach, tho. Have no idea what it was... couldn't see any
distinctive marks - it was just large and very dark in color.

Very sunny, hot, some marsh pinks, hoary puccoon, butterfly weed and commmon
milkweed in flower already.

Contributed to Monarch Watch

Zion, IL

Latitude: 42.5 Longitude: -87.9

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