Date: 04/11/2010

Number: 1

This afternoon, April 11, I saw a large Monarch in the garden. Color looked to be a bit faded, but it looked intact. I was unable to identify male or female, as flight was rapid, and I couldn't follow it from the front garden to the back garden as fast as it could fly. It didn't settle to nectar where I could see it. Nectar plants in the garden now are lilacs, viburnums, azaleas, and creeping phlox.

Asclepias incarnata has about 2" of new growth. This is the earliest Monarch in several years.

Courtesy of Carolina Leps

Asheboro, NC

Latitude: 35.6 Longitude: -79.8

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