Date: 06/06/2016

Number: 8

I was scheduled to do a monarch presentation to a local 4-H club that night. It was critical that I take a monarch egg and show the kids. But I was having no luck finding any on the milkweed around town. I'd resigned myself to the fact that a photo would have to suffice. Just a few hours before the meeting, I walked my dog in a new area near Chippewa Valley Technical College. Along a fence, among lots of tall grass and weeds, I found a single, healthy Common Milkweed plant that housed eight eggs! I pulled the whole plant, snipped the bottom, and placed it into a vase with water. By the time the meeting started, two had hatched! Not only was I able to show what an egg looked like, they got to meet two newborn larva! Talk about an absolute treasure chest! It was an exciting evening. (Note: Since Monday, I've continued to search for eggs and caterpillars and have found none.)

Eau Claire, WI

Latitude: 44.8 Longitude: -91.5

Observed by: Ellen
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