Date: 07/22/2016

Number: 1

I am busy with 11 larvae at various instars. Three are 5th instar and are busy attaching themselves to the top of their containers. These 3 were collected on 7/10 and hatched the same day. I collected a 4th egg on 7/10 and it had not hatched by 7/16. I was about to give up on this egg but I moved the egg to a smaller container and increased the humidity in the container. The egg hatched the next day 7/17. This little larvae is still first instar as of 7/22. It eats sporadically and it doesn't move much but it did shed it's skin today - if skin is the correct term. I'll be curious to see if this larvae develops into an adult Monarch.

Saint Paul, MN

Latitude: 44.9 Longitude: -93.1

Observed by: Linda
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