Date: 05/17/2014

Number: 1

While not the first Monarch I have seen this season, it is the first one in my garden. She was nectaring on butterfly weed, then I watched her lay eggs on several of my nursery bought Mexican Milkweed plants. Finally a MOnarch showed up in my garden! Once the eggs hatch, I will move the caterpillars onto a few Mexican Milkweed plants that I have in pots, and place the whole plant inside a screened cage I got last year for this purpose. In years past, I have lost so many caterpillrs to wasps, I vowed this year to not let it happen again. Once the caterpillars are in the screened cage, pretty much every one of will make it to adulthood.

Dallas, TX

Latitude: 32.8 Longitude: -96.8

Observed by: Matt
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