Date: 05/16/2006

Number: 1

Single monarch of unknown sex flying along side country road.

I am completely sure that the butterfly that I saw was a monarch. I was on a bike ride, and so didn't have a camera with me to get a picture. There is milkweed up here in Northfield, and it has been up for several weeks. The biggest plants are about a foot tall. The butterfly was too orange to be painted lady, too big to be a viceroy, and had rounded hind wings instead of the tailed wings of a swallowtail. I was close enough to see the black vein patterns and borders. I have done quite a lot of work with monarchs in my life (my mom studies them at the U of M) and I'm sure that the butterfly I saw was a monarch. A fast flying one, but definitely a monarch.

Northfield, MN

Latitude: 44.5 Longitude: -93.2

Observed by: Amy
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