Date: 07/28/2008

Number: 1

FINALLY!!!! My son was home at lunch and saw a monarch laying eggs in our backyard garden. I counted at least 25 eggs after dinner tonight on swamp milkweed, northern milkweed, tropical milkweed, and "wild" milkweed. We usually see our first eggs around the 4th of July. In desperation, I've been searching for caterpillars on the roadside but haven't found many of those either. Other people I've asked haven't seen many monarchs this year. I marked the location of the eggs I found and will place the little cats into net enclosures as soon as they hatch to be sure the birds don't get any.

Dover, DE

Latitude: 39.1 Longitude: -75.5

Observed by: Susan
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