Date: 05/31/2017
Number: 14
My milkweed plants have been coming up since April 17, 2017. Some are 18-24 inches, others just poking through the dirt. Weather has been rainy, overcast & cloudy the past several weeks. The last several days it has been sunny, clear with temps in the 70's to low 80's. Finally found my first monarch eggs though I have not seen any monarchs. 14 eggs were found this year compared to 4 last year found on June 8, 2016. I have many plants throughout my yard but only 2-3 plants located in the same area had eggs. In the past I could find upwards of 40 on various plants scattered throughout my yard.
Altoona, IA
Latitude: 41.6 Longitude: -93.5
Observed by: Diane
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