Date: 03/10/2016

Number: 2

On DesertLeps@yahoogroups.com famous California lepidopterist Ken Davenport reported: "Monarch (Danaus plexippus): Female ovipositing on milkweed at Ant Canyon and another (sex undetermined) going upslope at Calkin’s Flat."

Ant Canyon is a little north of Kernville, Calif. in the Sierra foothills northeast of Bakersfield, Calif. The only milkweed that has emerged from the ground this early in the season is Asclepias californica

Mojave, CA

Latitude: 35.9 Longitude: -118.5

Observed by: Paul
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