Date: 09/25/2013

Number: 1

After observing a Monarch laying eggs on A. viridis I inspected several plants in the immediate area. I found 24 eggs, with as many as 6 on one plant. Normally one egg image looks like another so I don't include an image. In this case I am including an image that shows four. The one on the far left is a bit out of focus.

But as with all egg reports from this date and location I cannot identify a specific number as Monarch, since there are far more Queens in the area. In fact most are likely Queens.

I found Queen larvae on the same plants. No Monarch larvae.

On some of the same plants I also saw Small Milkweed Bugs, a known Monarch egg predator, and 6 empty "sucked out" eggs.

Chalk Mountain, TX

Latitude: 32.1 Longitude: -97.9

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