Date: 09/03/2009

Number: 1

I saw a monarch in the garden today. This is late for monarchs here. It has been a very cool summer so they might be a little late in hatching. It was only the 12th monarch I have seen this summer. I have had as many as 25 caterpillars grow and change to butterflies in past years but this year I didn't find one egg or caterpillar.
On one day last week I saw 5 monarchs on a short 20 mile trip and that doubled the number I had seen all year and was the first day I had seen more than one at a time.

Clifford, ND

Latitude: 47.4 Longitude: -97.4

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