Date: 04/10/2017

Number: 92

Today I looked at 155 milkweed plants. I found 92 monarch eggs and 36 larvae. Of the larvae, 19 were 1st instars (8 of these were newborn), 13 were 2nd instars, and 4 were 3rd instars. I did not see any eggs or larvae on 68 of the milkweed plants I looked at. It was a cloudy day and when I came in at 1pm it was 77 degrees F with humidity of 78%. I also saw some monarchs flying, nectaring, and egg-laying over the course of my wandering around the pasture checking on milkweed. This is a photo of one of the 2nd instars munching away in a milkweed bud.

Montgomery, TX

Latitude: 30.4 Longitude: -95.8

Observed by: Kathy
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