Date: 04/27/2009

Number: 1

During a fire drill, I spotted a monarch flitting around the garden. While I watched, it landed on something and as I approached, I observed the ovipositing position. Close inspection of the tiny common milkweed stem revealed 3 EGGS!! Looking further around the garden I found several more eggs on shoots barely out of the ground! The monarch appeared fairly fresh, not at all tattered. She spent some time nectaring on viburnum carlesi after laying eggs.

Summit, NJ

Latitude: 40.7 Longitude: -74.4

Observed by: Cynthia
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