Date: 08/23/2015

Number: 10

I've looked for Monarch caterpillars for years, and have never noticed what I saw this August. Attached to every Milkweed Plant that I saw in this location near Chambersburg, PA were what I identified as Common Garden Spiders. Their webs were attached on one side to a Milkweed Plant and you could see that each of the Milkweed Plants either currently had a Monarch Caterpillar on it, or there was evidence of a caterpillar having been there, with several of the leaves well eaten. I "saved" several of the caterpillars by destroying the spiders and their webs. One spider in particular looked as though it was positioned to attack at any moment. Interesting but unfortunate.

Chambersburg, PA

Latitude: 39.9 Longitude: -77.7

Observed by: Donna
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