Date: 05/20/2011

Number: 1

Had just seen my first milkweed yesterday. This afternoon, I was mowing back by my blackberry patch where I hadn't seen any milkweed yet. Guess I wasn't as good a looker as Lady Monarch. She was finding tiny milkweed shoots buried in the blackberry patch and rapidly laying eggs in advance of a spring rain. She wasn't very large.....about the size of a Viceroy. The female was in good shape, undoubtedly the first new generation. Went back to get the camera, took some pictures of some of her eggs, but she was gone.

Osceola, WI

Latitude: 45.3 Longitude: -92.7

Observed by: Pat
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