Date: 07/27/2013

Number: 1

I was out taking photos of two red-spotted purples that showed up today on the newly blooming white butterfly bush when a monarch flitted by. I took several pictures of her resting here and there and came in to look at the photos. I was surprised to see I had captured her laying an egg. This is the first egg of the season. I had surveyed the plants yesterday for eggs and larvae and had found none. The egg-laying photo is not sharp so I have included a perching photo of her instead. This is only the second monarch I have seen here this season.

Goshen, IN

Latitude: 41.6 Longitude: -85.8

Observed by: Julia
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