Date: 07/08/2010

Number: 1

While weeding in the Children's Learning Garden at the Virginia Living Museum this morning I found my first monarch larvae and possibly one egg. There was a 1st instar and 4th instar larva on separate common milkweed plants. Hurray! There was evidence of more caterpillars [small distinctive holes on common milkweed leaves] but they had dried edges and no caterpillars were found on those plants. They are either the victims of the heat, predators or jsut very good at hiding.

Newport News, VA

Latitude: 37.1 Longitude: -76.5

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