Date: 10/19/2016

Number: 1

Released the last male monarch today. This year 49 monarchs were raised and released. 21 females, 28 males and 30 tagged for Monarch Watch. 37 eggs were collected from my yard. 3 eggs didn't hatch, 1 cat died the next day, 1 died 3 days after hatching and 2 died 5 days after hatching. 24 caterpillars in various stages were found. 1 was the victim of a tachinid fly while in the "J" stage and 3 early instars died within 4 days of being found. None of the caterpillars appeared sick, they just failed to grow past 2nd instars. 1 chrysalis remained "black" without a butterfly emerging and 1 monarch appeared to get stuck while emerging and its wings remained crumpled. The picture is of a female released on 9/25/16

Allenton, WI

Latitude: 43.4 Longitude: -88.4

Observed by: Darleen
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