Date: 04/24/2011
Number: 1
On 4/24/11 I watched a Monarch sail in and go almost directly to the garden area and quickly land on the A incarnata which is only about 6" high. It landed on 3 different plants over 5 minutes, spending less than 45 sec on any one leaf. I was only sure of one leaf and when I checked it there was a single yellow egg. I did not look hard for others. She then left. Here is a photo of her laying on the leaf I checked.
I put in a "butterfly garden" 2 weeks ago(~4/14/11). It has 80 perennial plants, all native. It has 6 Asclepias tuberosa and 6 A. incarnata.
Forwarded by Dr. Lincoln Brower for Nancy W.
Charlottesville, VA
Latitude: 38.1 Longitude: -78.4
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