Date: 04/19/2014

Number: 1

The first, and only, Monarch I have seen in my garden was laying eggs on the 2-inch stubs of asclepias tuberosa that were just emerging from their winter sleep.
I collected some of the eggs and was able to bring 5 of them completely through metamorphosis to the butterfly stage.
These 5 were released into the Butterfly House at the Botanical Gardens of the Ozarks in Fayetteville, AR. When another in our group brought in Monarchs from another mother, they got together and are now the parents of many more eggs and caterpillars, many of which are coming close to their final molt into the chrysalis.

SPRINGDALE, AR

Latitude: 36.2 Longitude: -94.2

Observed by: JAE
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