Date: 10/08/2015

Number: 70

Falls Lake north of Raleigh east of Durham,NC.

10/6 saw 6 in durham county, uncatchable

10/7 tagged 20/50 durham county, tagged 16/25 Granville county

10/8 tagged 44/70 durham county, one recovery from 10/7

My nectar superhighway took a major hit from the rain and is now quite mosquito thick, but nectar use was 95% e baccharis, 4% goldenrod, 1% other.

I did encounter a couple small groups of 6 or 7 monarchs, one group I was able to hand pick a few as a net swing would scare them all off. I never like it, but did end up with two "doubles", luckily I extract fast. I did have one escape from a net swing I didn't close fast enough, but recaptured it on second swing. Very few looked to have any OE signs, sampled many.

Hope the numbers continue to increase tomorrow, about time for a triple digit day.

Courtesy of Carolina Leps

Falls Lake, NC

Latitude: 36 Longitude: -78.7

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