Date: 05/08/2010

Number: 1

Although seeing spring monarchs is a hit & miss situation for us, they usually show up earlier than this. As my husband & I were working in the garden yesterday (5/8), much to our surprise, we spied 2 monarchs. He saw the first one, kind of worn looking, but he observed her laying 2 eggs. Almost immediately, a 2nd fresher one, and immediately began checking out our a. syriaca patch. She oviposited on many plants, as if making up for lost time. This was mid-afternoon, the milkweed was in full sun at that time. Temperature was in the low 80s with a light breeze. We were excited to say the least!

Six Mile, SC

Latitude: 34.8 Longitude: -82.8

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