Date: 04/29/2013

Number: 1

Very few remigrants this year.
Fewest I've seen.

When they arrived in the area, the weather was cool to cold, not really to their liking.
Not a great abundance of milkweed then but certainly infinitely more milkweed than monarchs.

Not a lot of nectar sources. Abundant wildflowers now.

I saw a sum total of 3 adults, one was a male for sure and the other 2 were probably males. from their flight pattern...not looking for milkweed.
At Cibolo Nature Center, we've seen very few eggs and ZERO caterpillars except for a queen.

This is the 12th year we have been doing MLMP@CNC, and it is by far the worst year we have had.
I've had 1 egg and 1 cat in my milkweed patch.
I've checked 100 - 200 milkweeds on walks with my dog, ZERO caterpillars.
A person who took our MLMP training last fall at CNC, is monitoring 2 milkweed patches in Pipecreek and has reported some eggs and a few caterpillars.
In a word, the spring migration was DISMAL and Gen1 production SCANT.

Boerne, TX

Latitude: 29.8 Longitude: -98.8

Observed by: Ridlon
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