Date: 09/21/2016

Number: 1

I picked some common milkweed to feed the 5th-instars I collected outside the other day, and lo and behold, a caterpillar hatched this morning on the underside of one of the leaves! I hadn't noticed it because I had placed the stalk of milkweed in a glass cup with water, for later use in feeding. That means I'm going to have a butterfly emerge sometime in the middle of October, just like last year. Hope s/he is healthy and has nectar available at that point!

Rochester, IL

Latitude: 39.8 Longitude: -89.6

Observed by: Carol
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