Date: 04/21/2013
Number: 1
Dr. Mike Plagens reports: This butterfly has survived overwinter and is now very heavily worn. It appeared weak and barely able to fly, but was, none-the-less, continuing to move in a northerly direction. It is flitting about a milkweed plant, Asclepias asperula. See photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7848931@N08/8741288375/in/photostream
(Reported to Southwest Monarch Study)
Seven Springs, AZ
Latitude: 34 Longitude: -111.8
Observed by: Gail
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