Date: 07/28/2013

Number: 1

Yesterday (28 July) I had the first monarch of the year in my garden. A fresh female, but she was flitting around all over the place like a male and when I went and checked some nice fresh milkweed I have been weed eating around, I found no eggs. I'm wondering if she has not yet encountered a male, which I understand from DPLEX postings has been a problem this year.

Forwarded by Dr. Lincoln Brower who wrote: Interesting coincidence: yesterday ( 28 July 2013) Elizabeth Hunter saw her first monarch this season and so did we here in VA. Ours was spotted nectaring on Verbena at 7:15PM, a small very fresh female. We had seen no signs of monarchs here at home until this one...the gardens and milkweeds are lush so those are not the limiting factors.

Bakersville, NC

Latitude: 36.1 Longitude: -82.2

Observed by: Elizabeth
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