Date: 04/09/2017

Number: 25

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.

Saint Joseph, MO

Latitude: 39.8 Longitude: -94.8

Observed by: David
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