Date: 09/17/2012

Number: 20

This the third week of September has witnessed the arrival of Monarch butterflies. I have seen two or three during late summer but suddenly on Monday (9/17/12), they began showing up. Now I see them as I drive about the county. The numbers are not large yet, perhaps 20 per day spread along Hyway 24 and Hyway 70. Saw a few dead ones in the road as well.

Cloudless sulphurs are still plentiful, but now the Gulf Frits outnumber them. I regularly see 5 to 6 Coudless during the day in my yard but more than a dozen Gulf Frits can be counted at any time.

Courtesy of Carolina Leps

Carteret County, NC

Latitude: 34.8 Longitude: -76.7

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