Date: 10/11/2015

Number: 1

My late (last of 12) butterfly emerged on October 11! Around my home in Arcade, NY the golden rod fields are dried up. Since we were planning a canoe outing for this day, we decided to drive south to Allegheny State Park in New York with the butterfly cage aboard our vehicle. The distance to the park is about 50 miles. I thought that there would be some fresh wildflower fields still around.

As we drove around the park, I was very discouraged to see the fields brown. Just about to give up and to set my butterfly free, just hoping it would find a good nectar source, we checked one last place I had seen in previous years, and it turned out to be butterfly and bee heaven - especially for this time of year.

At 1:30 PM, with much fan fare and cheer, we released the male captive reared monarch in this field. He was ready to go!

This is the photo I decided to attach! Butterfly Meadow extraordinaire! It looks like the fields around my home about one month ago. We saw numerous bumble bees on fresh yellow golden rods.

Temperature was in the high 60s! And October 12 is predicted to be in the 70s.

Fuel up young man and start heading south soon! You are late but lucky! And I am very happy!

Salamanca, NY

Latitude: 42.1 Longitude: -78.8

Observed by: Donna
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