Date: 04/08/2012

Number: 1

During the day I spotted eggs on my new common milkweed, and later the female showed up and continue to lay eggs all over the 100 or so common milkweed plants -some plants are 1 in. tall and about 40 are about 12 in. -The monarch was very worn and faded -no torn wings but her thorax and abdomen were brown in color not black -what does that mean? could she be one from Mexico? The milkweed came up a month early this year in Richmond, Va. The monarch looked very tired -possibly laid about 200 eggs!

richmond, VA

Latitude: 37.6 Longitude: -77.5

Observed by: judith
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