Date: 04/30/2009

Number: 1

Found 5 eggs on common milkweed in a meadow area filled with milkweed near the house. The emerging milkweed was barely 6 inches tall and one egg had been laid on each of its 5 leaves. A friend saw one solitary Monarch on April 29 near this same location. After last week's 90 degree temps, it has been cold and rainy for the last 5 days, in the 50's-low 60's. Seeing Monarchs or finding eggs this early is unusual.

Editor's Note: The presence of eggs means an adult monarchs has arrived in this area. Therefore, we are adding this egg report to the migration map.

dauphin, PA

Latitude: 40.4 Longitude: -76.9

Observed by: Deb
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