Date: 05/26/2010

Number: 1

I noticed another monarch today around my milkweed--this time near the front of the house where I have common and swamp milkweed. Tonight, the kids and I decided to make a quick check of our milkweed, and we found 5 eggs--all on common (a. syriaca) milkweed! By no means an exhaustive search, the mosquitoes were after us BIG TIME, we had to run for the house after only 10 minutes and "abandon our mission" as my son likes to say. Whipped off a few photos, the milkweed looks incredible, the healthiest it has ever been. Butterflyweed (a. tuberosa) is about to bloom. Some of my mature swamp milkweed (a. incarnata) plants have buds--I am shocked. Called my sister in Garden City, MI--she found 29 eggs today. Looks like she'll need more milkweed, I am planning to bring her some this weekend.

sylvania, OH

Latitude: 41.7 Longitude: -83.7

Observed by: candy
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