Date: 08/10/2015

Number: 1

Large beautiful female laying eggs on my swamp milkweed, which is next to a parvenu patch of zinnias. First she ate nectar, then laid eggs. I found 6 eggs, which I brought inside to raise, and then release! She flew around a number of times, and seemed to be searching for more milkweed. I just started my milkweed patch this spring, and she just kept going back to the patch, and would lay a few more eggs. I am planning a much larger patch for next year! I also have common milkweed seedlings, but she ignored those, as well as the butterfly milkweed. The swamp milkweed is just starting to bloom right now. Very happy
and excited!

Morgantown, WV

Latitude: 39.6 Longitude: -80

Observed by: Sonja
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