Date: 02/22/2011

Number: 1

Two monarchs were mating on Feb 7 at the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in Phoenix and we've been watching closely for egg-laying. There are a small number of monarchs spending the winter here and there has not been any mating or egg-laying all winter. In late January and early February we saw many small queen larvae. Yesterday we noticed new eggs on Asclepias subulata. Today we watched the female monarch who mated on Feb 7 laying eggs on Asclepias subulata at the habitat! Very exciting since we just planted 24 milkweed plants at the habitat last year.

Phoenix, AZ

Latitude: 33.5 Longitude: -112.1

Observed by: Gail
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