Date: 05/23/2006

Number: 1

Warm, humid winds were present all week. All though thunderstorms threatened a couple of the days this week, we never really got any rain until the night of 5/24/06 after 8 pm, when all egg laying for the day was done. The next day started a little cooler, but again warmed up to be hot and humid with very clear skies.

During the day of the 23rd a total of 36 eggs were laid on nearby milkweed. The following day (5/24/06) another 8 eggs were laid on the same milkweed. On 5/25/06 another 12 eggs were found on the same milkweed plants. This was actually the first day that someone was home to see a Monarch in action. On 5/25/06 in a different milkweed patch there was a total of 11 Monarch eggs laid on or before 5/25/06 as it was not checked on earlier days. This egg laying was about a week eariler than last year.

To debunk the common theory that only one Monarch egg is laid per plant or per leaf. In the above eggs, there have been 50 eggs - 1 per leaf, 14 of the eggs were two per leaf

Minneapolis, MN

Latitude: 44.9 Longitude: -93.3

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