Date: 09/03/2012

Number: 1

We have been seeing monarchs coming across the lake, directional flight inland, and also I noted more monarchs feeding at my butterfly bushes this weekend than I have seen all summer. I assumed egg-laying would be over with migration kicking into gear, however, I was surprised to find 4 eggs on Labor Day. An area at Edgewater Park in Cleveland had been "weed-whacked" and looks like sprayed with chemicals in an area that had previously been an abundant milkweed source at the edge of Lake Erie. There were actually some new milkweed plants reappearing, where I found the eggs. I am curious to see if they will survive or if any chemicals the plant absorbed from the ground might cause problems. I have transferred them to milkweed from my garden now.

Bay Village, OH

Latitude: 41.5 Longitude: -81.9

Observed by: Julie
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