Date: 09/14/2017

Number: 382

Released 282 captive raised monarchs from eggs on my milk weed over the past 3 weeks. Very few eggs found early in season; over 300 eggs found over the course of a couple weeks, all migrant generation. Good year-no defects in cats or butterflies. Collected 25 1st to 5th instars, too; only 3 were infected by tachnid which is unusual. I've found it's usually more like 70% of wild collected cats. Only a handful left to release now; they should have gone a week ago but cold weather has delayed eclosure.

Buffalo Grove, IL

Latitude: 42.2 Longitude: -88

Observed by: Michele
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