Date: 01/21/2012

Number: 1

Today I checked the milkweed garden at the SA River near the intersection of Schiller and Quincy. 7 adult monarchs, 1 ovipositing, 4 fifth, 2 fourth instars found in a casual look at the plants.We have had such a warm winter in Texas that there are monarchs showing up in San Antonio, north Texas and all along the Gulf Coast. In the fall when most monarchs go to Mexico, some stop over here and if conditions are right, they reproduce and continue their life cycles in our Texas gardens. The type of non-native milkweed -tropical milkweed will live until we have a freeze and the monarchs keep reproducing. This is often the case in winters along the Gulf Coast and in Houston. This is my first year finding January monarchs in San Antonio.

San Antonio, TX

Latitude: 29.4 Longitude: -98.5

Observed by: Mary
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