Date: 06/01/2006

Number: 1

Found two eggs in the Lourdes College Prairie Garden associated with the Life Lab and a total of seven eggs and caterpillars in other areas. All were discovered in various milkweed locations after just a few minutes of searching. [This is a far cry from 2005 when it took several days and hours of looking to come up with five viable eggs.] Sixteen eggs were found after a very short period when the Barritt Family, field assistants for the Lourdes Life Lab, checked milkweed growing on their property near Sylvania Ohio. Thanks Journey North for keeping us up-to-date concerning over-all population trends. Your yearly Wintering Population Estimate indicated a downward trend in numbers for 2005 and a positive recovery for 2006. We actually knew what to expect from the historical records you provided.

Sylvania, OH

Latitude: 41.7 Longitude: -83.7

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