Date: 10/03/2016

Number: 41

Late yesterday afternoon (10/03), Monarchs started collecting in the backyard, nectaring on various plants. This is the largest influx of Monarchs I have seen this fall. Yesterday afternoon (10/03), tagged close to a dozen wild Monarchs found in the backyard and at our church's Waystation, about 2 miles north of here. This morning, I tagged 9 wild Monarchs from the backyard. New Monarchs have continued to arrive. A friend who lives a few miles from me called to tell me he had 20 wild Monarchs nectaring in his backyard. These Monarchs are fresh-looking--no evident wear. We have continued to get egg laying in this area up until about a week ago. Currently have Monarch caterpillars in 3rd instar and up as well as chrysalides, and 10 that eclosed this morning. Have been tagging all reared Monarchs before releasing.

Broken Arrow, OK

Latitude: 36 Longitude: -95.8

Observed by: Sandra
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