Date: 04/28/2009

Number: 1

When I was down at the mailbox today, I saw a Monarch, very old, fly right past me...she acted like she was looking for milkweed....yesterday I notice the common milkweed up about 3 inches and wondered what the chance that there might be eggs.

WELL, there are over 125 eggs so far and she came back and I was able to get photos of her and the eggs...so this will be a cross posting....adult monarch and eggs...

This is the earliest date I ever had one and the 30th of May was the earliest for caterpillars..

Here's photos of the milkweed on May 7th

Milkweed on May 12

Eggs getting ready to hatch. Note how dark the eggs are! May 10

WE HAVE A BABY! After 14 days of watching the Monarch eggs, we finally have a baby today 5/12/09....The female monarch dumped her eggs on the milkweed on April 28th on milkweed barely 3 inches tall...as you see it is over 12 to 16 inches tall..(my handspread is 8").
We had temps last night (5/11)in the mid 30's but things seem ok....These are ones that were on the plant.

Clarksburg, PA

Latitude: 40.5 Longitude: -79.4

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