Date: 04/25/2009

Number: 1

I walked out the back door this morning and saw a monarch laying eggs on my tiny milkweed by the back porch. This plant is barely 2” tall. At last count she had laid 14 eggs on this plant alone. I haven’t counted the total number of eggs on all the little sprouts yet. There is a taller plant in a nearby bed. She hasn’t found it yet. I’ve weeded all around it and stroked the plant a bit hoping that will release the scent and help her find it. (Does that work?) I’m still trying to get a photo of her. She is a bit faded, but looks to be in pretty good shape.

Elizabethton, TN

Latitude: 36.4 Longitude: -82.1

Observed by: Gary
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