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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