Date: 06/03/2011

Number: 1

Just went for a walk through the field I usually get my monarchs in and found my first monarch caterpillar of the year. Haven’t seen a monarch butterfly yet, just several yellow swallowtails. Interestingly, one of the tornados went through the edge of that field and left some tree damage. The egg for this little guy must have been laid just about that time. Didn’t seem to bother him any! This is the earliest I have ever found caterpillars here.

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Editor's Note: The presence of caterpillar means an adult monarch has arrived in this area. Therefore, we are adding this report to the migration map.

Springfield, MA

Latitude: 42.1 Longitude: -72.6

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