Date: 05/24/2011

Number: 1

Here is the female monarch (my 2nd for the year) that showed up on Tuesday (May 24) and laid a few eggs. One hatched out today (May 28), 4 days later. You can see the head in the egg and, then when it emerges, eating the egg shell. I found 5 eggs and then one more today...so look for round chew marks on the SMALLER milkweeds...she preferred the small over the taller...

It was nice to see my second monarch laying eggs on the milkweed which is about 1 inch up to 2 1/2 feet. She preferred the smaller plants over the taller ones...was nectaring on our last late lilacs and other flowers in the yard...3 days of sunshine feels good and many butterflies out enjoying the sunshine too...

Clarksburg, PA

Latitude: 40.5 Longitude: -79.4

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