Date: 07/31/2017

Number: 2

From Monarch Way-station 8511:

I have been looking for eggs or larvae on my swamp milkweed. A couple of weeks ago I reported seeing a couple of monarch butterflies (flitting around together).

It was evening, yesterday, and I was about to give up looking. I gave a glance back and my eyes caught the shape of a larva resting under one of my swamp milkweed leaves!!! I looked some more and found another even smaller larva.

I returned on August 1 to take the photo. You can see my Monarch Oasis Way Station habitat. I put these swamp milkweed plants along my small woodland pond just three years ago. The second year, I also saw a monarch larva eating the flower buds.

So, it does not take years to attract monarchs to your garden and land if you plant milkweed!!!

Arcade, NY

Latitude: 42.6 Longitude: -78.4

Observed by: Donna
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