Date: 05/25/2014

Number: 1

A brightly colored new generation female monarch was seen laying eggs on Asclepias speciosa milkweed that was growing along a farm irrigation water ditch adjacent to an alfalfa field and Pinenut Rd. in Gardnerville, Nevada. There was also a brightly colored male monarch patrolling this same milkweed. These milkweed plants were only 3-12 inches tall and not yet in flower. Here is a 1 1/2 minute video showing the female laying eggs and then the male patrolling.

Gardnerville, NV

Latitude: 38.8 Longitude: -119.6

Observed by: Paul
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