Date: 03/10/2011

Number: 1

It has been long cold months to raise eggs to monarch butterflies. It took them nearly two months to mature. Seventeen of them this time ( 8 males & 9 females). Two out of seventeen had abnormal wings. I tagged and took sample of O.e. Good thing to raise caterpillars during the winter time, I don't have ants problems. I saw two monarchs yesterday (3/9). Today one of tagged lady was busy laying the eggs on my new tiny shoots of tropical and narrow leaf milkweed. In fact, she has been doing that since yesterday. I tried to read tag, could not succeed it. I have one more wild monarch chrysalis that survived cold winter without my help.

Phoenix, AZ

Latitude: 33.5 Longitude: -112.1

Observed by: Tatsuyo
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