Date: 04/24/2012

Number: 1

No monarchs yet, but the swamp milkweed in our Waystation has been up for 2 weeks. Normal spring it doesn't appear until 2nd week of May. Common milkweed and butterfly weed just started appearing in garden this week.

I just saw a tiger swallowtail today. Yesterday on the school prairie we saw red admirals, painted ladies, sulfers, cabbage whites, and one black swallowtail. In my years of watching butterflies, I have never seen a spring like this either. Lilacs are blooming, normally don't bloom until afterMay 15th.

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Shawano, WI

Latitude: 44.8 Longitude: -88.6

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