Date: 02/07/2017

Number: 8

This is one of the eight I released the week of 02/07/2017. On January 7th a cold front came to our area and killed our milkweed even though I had covered it because I had discovered MANY Monarch caterpillars on it. I brought ten in when I discovered them eating on dead stem. I brought only ten in because I was very unsure I could get enough milkweed to feed them. I had a small amount of milkweed in a more protected area that I brought in little by little to supply their need. What a journey this was for me! I have many photos of all the stages of development. I gathered some flowers for them. They were in pots and I released the monarchs near the flowers. The day after a release I discovered the one in the photo in our back yard feeding on small yellow daisy-like flowers that I was not aware was there. After I discovered him on this little weed, I looked around me and they were everywhere all over the yard. I thought they might hang around the flowers I had gathered in pots for them and I did see one or maybe two buzzing the flowers in the pots for about two days after release. They did not seem to need me and my flowers. I wonder if they went north or south after I released them. Because it was not yet time to head north I am guessing they traveled south. They made me smile. Wish I could have saved all the them.

Waycross, GA

Latitude: 31.2 Longitude: -82.4

Observed by: Ann
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