Date: 10/10/2014

Number: 150

Spent today around Kerr Lake and didn't find any monarchs and little nectar, it started raining even, so I returned to my usual haunts at Falls Lake, this time on the Durham county side of the lake.

38 tagged (27 male, 11 female)
150 seen

I missed a lot, the heat and mosquitoes were brutal and nearly all were on baccharis, some too high even for my extra long net! The other side of the lake is more conducive to netting, though the fire ants are worse.

In a patch of milkweed I did find three 5th instar larva, latest I've found! Nearly all my other local larva emerged a few days ago, so these may not make the journey!

Last year with more effort I only tagged 83. So for my neck of the woods, or neck of the migration route, I guess it's safe to say the numbers are rebounding!!!!

Courtesy of Carolina Leps

Falls Lake, NC

Latitude: 36 Longitude: -78.7

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