Date: 07/28/2016

Number: 4

Saw one 4th instar on swamp milkweed. Also saw a tachinid fly watching it closely. I think it's probably already infected but I covered it with a mesh sleeve anyway. I also found tiny chew marks and there were 3 1st or 2nd instar larvae. Two were on common milkweed and one was on tropical milkweed. I found an egg on swamp milkweed too. I brought the tiny larvae indoors due to heavy rains and also took the egg in. All will be placed back outside on plants in my garden and covered in a sleeve once the weather is a little better and they are a bit bigger.

Lancaster, PA

Latitude: 40 Longitude: -76.3

Observed by: Christine
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