Date: 05/22/2014

Number: 1

My FOY monarch was seen May 22 in Goshen, MD. This is in northern Montgomery County, about 30 miles north of DC. This is just about right on schedule compared to my past years' FOY sightings.

It was a fresh female ovipositing on butterfly weed in a 50-acre field. This particular field is on conservation park land (no pesticide use) and is full of butterfly weed. It gets mowed once a year in March, so these caterpillars will be safe.

Courtesy of Monarch Watch

Goshen, MD

Latitude: 39.2 Longitude: -77.3

Observed by: Denise
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