Date: 08/22/2012

Number: 1

In my own garden I found one 1st instar Monarch, and 16 Black Swallowtail eggs. In a field 10 miles south of my home in the county, today I found 4 Monarch eggs and two 1st instar caterpillars. We've had a few rains in the last 3 weeks, although we are still under a no burn order and fireworks for the Fourth of July, rescheduled for Labor Day, have been cancelled for the year. So, we're not quite as dry as before, but the drought continues. I think the Monarchs are back because it is no longer a blast furnace and some of the flowers are managing to live and bloom.

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Terre Haute, IN

Latitude: 39.4 Longitude: -87.4

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