Date: 06/01/2014

Number: 1

I seldom ever have Monarchs come my way during the spring season, but last Sunday (June 1) I had a female lay eggs on my milkweed. She explored all my beds and I ended up with eggs on several milkweed plants. There were eggs laid on sullivanti, common, showy and on the purple milkweed. I found caterpillars on everything but the purple. Does anyone have any information on why Monarchs do not seem to care for the A. purpurascens? I have had it planted for several years and it has never bloomed, but when I tried to feed it to my caterpillars last year, they would not eat it. It is such a pretty plant, it confuses me why it is ignored by Monarchs. Any ideas from anyone? Here’s hoping for a good Monarch season.

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Manhattan, KS

Latitude: 39.2 Longitude: -96.6

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