Date: 07/12/2017

Number: 3

I released another 3 Monarch Butterflies today raised from eggs collected. They are numbers 16-18 this year. A few to go now and a caterpillar that must have somehow made its way in from a milkweed cutting as an egg or tiny caterpillar. Very strange. I rinse off milkweed cuttings I pick to feed the caterpillars but somehow this egg must have survived the rinsing. I thoroughly check any milkweed before I pick cuttings but I guess I missed it. It's great that it survived so I can raise it too. The caterpillar is doing well. It's a 4th instar now.

Harpswell, ME

Latitude: 43.8 Longitude: -70

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