Date: 10/11/2015

Number: 1

To my surprise, I watched a monarch fly into our zinnia garden. It was 11:30 a.m., sunny and low 70s with a light breeze. There are 8 stalks of common milkweed nearby and pink & purple cosmos are blooming alongside the zinnias - I've never seen monarchs by the cosmos. The monarch landed on many zinnias and stayed at least 5 minutes - long enough for us to lightly sprinkle the garden! I wasn't able to see its wings open long enough to tell its sex but it seemed to be brightly colored. I tag monarchs that I rear and this monarch did not have a tag.

Batavia, IL

Latitude: 41.8 Longitude: -88.3

Observed by: Sande
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