Date: 05/10/2009

Number: 1

A very faded female, (otherwise in good condition, with minimal wing wear and tear visible through binoculars) sailed through our garden on Sunday and left two dozen (or more) eggs on our 3-6" common milkweed plants. We have had a warmer than normal spring, with several days exceeding 75 degrees, so the milkweed was up about ten days earlier than usual.

If memory serves, (and it rarely does) this is the first wild, gravid female to sail through and oviposit at our location since 1997. We've had a few other early April monarchs but too early for the milkweed to have broken dormancy.

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Brevard, NC

Latitude: 35.2 Longitude: -82.8

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