Date: 09/01/2016

Number: 1

I was collecting milkweed for a bunch of caterpillars I'm taking care of over the Labor Day weekend when I realized that there was an egg on one of the cuttings (a tropical milkweed). When I magnified it, there was a small reddish insect or spider, much smaller than the egg itself, reaching around the egg with its legs. I brushed the attacker off, but then couldn't locate it to identify it with certainty. Unfortunately, it was only partially visible in the photos.

The last previous eggs we had found were on August 25 and have already hatched. This one seemed very late.

Minneapolis, MN

Latitude: 44.9 Longitude: -93.3

Observed by: Mary
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