Date: 05/24/2011

Number: 1

Despite the cold, rainy spring in Wisconsin, my common milkweed is up. I’m seeing new shoots every day. No sign of the swamp milkweed yet. I caught a glimpse of a monarch, and it must have been a female, because when I checked the milkweed plants later in the day, I found 27 eggs! Most of them were on the 2” shoots, rather than the 10” plants. My rearing season has begun.



The weather forecast says several more days of cold, rainy weather—not good for any monarchs in the area.

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Milwaukee, WI

Latitude: 43 Longitude: -87.9

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