Date: 07/23/2014

Number: 1

Found 6 monarch eggs on my common milkweed in my yard.These were laid on big lower leaves on the underside.The previous batch of eggs I found were laid on the buds of the milkweed flowers right before the buds were ready to mature and open up.This seemed to have 2 purposes:to supply fresh milkweed food and better camoflage for caterpillars from predators in the crevices of the buds.I found this quite amazing.

Lansing, IL

Latitude: 41.6 Longitude: -87.5

Observed by: Julie
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