Date: 08/04/2016

Number: 33

An egg-laying female discovered our field today. She deposited 33 eggs on tiny, fresh milkweed plants. They have only been growing since our last mowing, about 7-10 days ago. We are alternating mowing regions the field and so fresh milkweed is available at all times. We were rewarded to see her laying so fervently today. Her behavior was unlike what we normally see, where a female flits around testing various plants and only laying occasionally. This milkweed was so fresh that she laid on every plant she visited. We marked each with a white flag.

Norwich, VT

Latitude: 43.7 Longitude: -72.4

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