Date: 02/19/2016

Number: 1

Today releasing one female Monarch that emerged from chrysalis yesterday in habitat. This is the last of 8 caterpillars gathered outdoors in milkweed in early January, before the winter's first frost in this area. Luckily there have been sufficient warm days interspersed with cold ones to allow successful releases. With warm November and December weather here, milkweed continued to grow and seems to have encouraged migrating Monarchs to breed rather than journey south to Mexico. This next fall, I will cut my milkweed back to ground after October caterpillars have made chrysalis if warm Fall expected.

Pawleys Island, SC

Latitude: 33.4 Longitude: -79.2

Observed by: Carol
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