Date: 04/29/2006

Number: 1

You might be interested to know that here at Point Pelee on Lake Erie (Ontario), we have seen several Monarchs this past week, all of which have been very worn. This is typical condition of any that we ever see here during the period of late April to mid May; such individuals are sometimes seen into late May and early June. One very worn female today was egg-laying on the first shoots of Common Milkweed, barely sticking one inch out of the ground. Today's egg-laying is certainly early for this area, since most years we don't even see our first Monarch until maybe May 8-12 on average.

Thanks to naturalist Don Davis for forwarding this report and information.

Leamington, ON

Latitude: 42 Longitude: -82.5

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