Date: 04/23/2014

Number: 1

May 10th
I have milkweed! I have also seen 1 monarch butterfly. The sighting was perhaps 3 weeks ago (Estimated 4/23) here in Goodview, VA. I'll check for eggs when it quits raining. I have no idea what kind of milkweed we have...the old fashioned, wild kind, whatever that is.

I have had milkweed popping up for maybe 2 weeks (Estimated 4/26). I have given over to it a flower bed in my upper yard that is too far from the house for me to fool with. I harvested the seeds from the 7-8 plants in it last year, planted them last fall and it looks like I'll have much more than that this year. I had 8 caterpillars feasting on the plants last year.

Last year we had several monarchs and 1 zebra! The zebra really made my day...one day only too. I think I need to plant a couple of paw-paw trees among my milkweed!

Goodview, VA

Latitude: 37.4 Longitude: -79.7

Observed by: Patsy
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