Date: 05/18/2008

Number: 1

I am truly amazed! I just found 7 monarch caterpillars that are about five days from hatching on the milkweed in my garden. Normally, I have NO monarch butterflies in my garden until August. Last year I had some at the end of July and the first eggs in August. Normally, they our butterflies are the ones that make the journey directly south to Mexico. The amazing thing is that I haven't seen any monarch butterflies yet. I have only seen one yellow swallowtail butterfly in my garden this year so far so to see a monarch so soon is IMPOSSIBLE. Isn't it?

Washington, DC

Latitude: 38.9 Longitude: -77

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