Date: 04/26/2011

Number: 1

Greetings again from Virginia's Eastern Shore! Saw a female monarch in a friend's yard this past weekend...and she was frantically trying to lay as many eggs as possible on just about 5 very short stalks of swamp milkweed in a large pot! There was so very little space, but she was "going to town"! She was quite faded, but very active, obviously just trying to get the job done! We observed for about an hour...she'd managed to lay about 20 or 30 while we were watching but it was so difficult for her to get a good position on such little space. As is often the case in these situations...eggs were on top of eggs..and nearly covering it all. She'd work awhile, flit away, then return. I haven't found out how many she actually laid, but will find out and report.

Onley, VA

Latitude: 37.7 Longitude: -75.7

Observed by: Ann
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