Date: 07/21/2017

Number: 1

I have not had any Monarch activity in my garden for the past 2 years. I've been getting used to Monarchless Summers here in Newfoundland in northern New Jersey, that is until yesterday 7/21. Two females showed up and have been depositing eggs for nearly 2 days on my Common MIlkweed. Yesterday I found 87 eggs and today over 100 and haven't even searched all of it yet, as it would be an overwhelming task searching every plant on my property. In some cases one of the Monarchs has been egg dumping today literally depositing multiple eggs on a leaf. I've already found leaves with 7,5, 4, 3 and 2 eggs on them. In many cases the eggs are being deposited on the newer, lowest, and smallest of plants in the yard. Some of the leaves are so small I've had to use tweezers to pick them off of the plants as I raise them indoors because of the hazards including the ants, spiders and earwigs that are all waiting for their next Monarch meal. The photo attached is a photo of one of the Monarchs taking a break to get a drink.

West Milford, NJ

Latitude: 41.1 Longitude: -74.4

Observed by: Bob
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