Date: 05/02/2012

Number: 1

I saw my first monarch of the year in my garden today! I actually saw 2 monarchs today, one at my local garden center and one in my garden.

The one in my garden was a female who was busily ovipositing on common milkweed in my yard. After she left, I collected 19 eggs. I am sure there were more, but I didn't have time to collect them. She was a good, strong flier. She was not interested in nectaring at all, she was busily inspecting my A. syriaca while ignoring all of my A. tuberosa and A.
incarnata, both of which are still small. But the A. syriaca looks great, she seemed to think so too! See attached photos. I contacted my friend in Bowling Green, OH who runs a native plant nursery, she witnessed a female ovipositing today on common, swamp, whorled, and butterflyweed at her nursery.

Sylvania, OH

Latitude: 41.7 Longitude: -83.7

Observed by: candy
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