Date: 05/25/2010

Number: 1

Yesterday (May 25) I saw my first monarchs of the year and found many eggs. This date is similar to previous years.

2009=June 5

2008=May 28

2007=May 22

2006=May 25

The monarchs ignored butterfly weed and swamp milkweed adjacent to common milkweed in my back yard. The monarchs seemed to prefer the smaller 1-2 inch plants over the larger 7-8 inch plants. Also, most plants had 1 or 2 eggs on individual leaves. But, several smaller plants had 3-4 eggs on the very small outer leaves.

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Duluth, MN

Latitude: 47.1 Longitude: -91.9

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