Date: 09/13/2016

Number: 7

Seven of our butterflies from eggs eclosed -- four just after dawn and three around noon. We released the first four, but they were slow to fly because it was cool and cloudy. We had to put their cage in the sun for an hour before they would leave. We decided to keep the other three overnight. Of the other captives, one pupated today, two were still fourth or fifth instar, we found a fifth instar outside, and we found a fourth instar on a milkweed cutting that we were about to discard after it sat for a week in a room where we had been babysitting someone else's monarchs. The rest (13 of them) are green pupae, so after a 4-day rush of 18 eclosures, things should be quieter tomorrow.

Minneapolis, MN

Latitude: 44.9 Longitude: -93.3

Observed by: Mary
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