Date: 04/09/2011

Number: 1

We are seeing lots of monarchs (New Johnsonville TN.....on the TN river/KY lake) but our milkweed (native common) is barely poking its head out of the ground!!! We do have three (72 each) flats of tropical up about 2" now....but still too little....don't want a few cats eating it all in a day either! usually ours is for 3 gen plus.....wish we could do more right now...nectar plants is about all we have for the monarchs....

However we plan on putting in a a small greenhouse for an earlier start next year....we tagged over 300 two years ago....and only about 75 last year.

This is the swamp milkweed, and the native/common is just the same. Three leaves for 15 caterpillars. (Photo provided April 14, 2011.)

New Johnsonville, TN

Latitude: 36 Longitude: -87.9

Observed by: Debra
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