Date: 05/25/2014
Number: 1
On May 23 we began looking for Monarch eggs on the Ascelpias syriaca plants. (We have so many plants on our 200 acre prairie-oak savanna restoration that they are too numerous to count.)
On May 25 the plants were from 3†- 22†tall. We found Monarch eggs on almost half the plants. And the Monarchs are still laying (5/27). Asclepias purpurascens are 25†tall. I haven’t checked the A. hirtilla or A. tuberosa yet. We have only one A. quadrifolia plant. It should be up and close to blooming but I couldn’t find it when I looked for it yesterday. We also have A. sullivantii and A. incarnata, so there is larval food available here from spring through fall. I’ve never looked for Monarch larvae on A. verticillata which is also abundant here.
Leon, IA
Latitude: 40.7 Longitude: -93.7
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