Date: 05/25/2008

Number: 1

Female monarch ovipositing on milkweed in my yard on 5/25 and again on 5/26. Definite preference for small plants (6" or less tall) though there were MANY plants as tall as 2 feet (or more), all in beautiful shape, that she flitted right past. She finally did lay on some about 1 ft. tall. She was not fresh, but not extremely worn the way returning monarchs are, so I figure she was an older member of the first generation of 2008. She moved very fast, checking plants and when she found one she liked, ovipositing, going around and around the yard. Saw her about midday both days. Assume it was the same monarch. Collected eggs off the plants in garden beds where I was removing them to plant tomatoes and think I probably have c. 20. Probably lots more out there but I'm not looking, as I have to farm these out to friends to rear as I'm leaving town for a week in the near future. Exciting to see her!

Bakersville, NC

Latitude: 36.1 Longitude: -82.2

Observed by: Elizabeth
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