Date: 04/11/2017

Number: 40

I observed 2 female monarchs actively oviposting on common milkweed shoots in my large native plant garden on April 10. Then yesterday (April 11) I observed a single female oviposting on newly emerged butterfly weed in my latest native plant garden (installed last fall).

So far I have counted upwards of 40 eggs deposited! My concern is that the shoots are so small that I'm not sure there will be enough growth to sustain the voracious caterpillars that are just days away from emerging.

These females are laying multiple eggs on a single tiny shoot which leads me to believe that there are so few plants available that they are compelled to deposit more eggs on a plant than they typically would.

Basehor, KS

Latitude: 39.1 Longitude: -94.9

Observed by: Wayne
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