Date: 02/08/2012

Number: 1

The native Asclepias oenotheroides along the peninsula to the Lavaca Bay Causeway was sprouting in late January and now is about six inches tall. This coastal variety that grows in the coastal sands barely goes dormant! We had a freeze to 29 dF at the water's edge in December and this oenotheroides was gone for less than a month. We have had monarchs flying all winter. Had a female last week loading the curassavica that was sprouting in the backyard. We have had eggs and all instars in January and now February and Altus found a fresh chrysalis today in the penta ped ... typical, not unusual, if there isn't a hard freeze.

Port Lavaca, TX

Latitude: 28.5 Longitude: -96.7

Observed by: Harlen E.
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