Date: 04/09/2017

Number: 1

Observed a very weathered female with a huge abdomen laying eggs on some Swamp Milkweed that is just popping up - maybe 1/2 " max tall. In a bed in front of my house.

I watched her for ~ 1/2 hour and she would fly 50 - 100 feet away and then return to the miniscule Milkweed. Over and over several times. She was laying eggs. [Good luck little guys.]

She looked old and tired - not so much a lot of wing destruction, but her color - very washed out. Not vibrant at all.

She did keep returning to the bed where the Milkweed is just starting to pop up. There are ~ 20 plants in the area with ~ 5 showing a wee bit of green.

Is there any way in the world that she could be a remigrant? Or am I just seeing a worn out 1st generation?

And it is truly amazing to watch her FIND the Milkweed as it is hardly visible.

Super Bonus!!

She laid at least 25 eggs!

Saint Joseph, MO

Latitude: 39.8 Longitude: -94.8

Observed by: David
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