Date: 08/01/2017

Number: 100

This year completed, I raised/released just over 100 Monarch Eggs/Caterpillars to Monarch Butterflies. I raised them in a dry aquarium with a detachable cover allowing feeding & releasing. There were about even males/females. Several died after opening, wings did not open completely/ chrysalis turned opaque or dried up in chrysalis stage/just did not open up after breaking the chrysalis/chrysalis turned black and was dried up inside.
Saw first Butterfly 05/20/17 the earliest ever for me. I did not see many Butterflies throughout the season. I found more eggs than ever this season. I began finding eggs/Caterpillars in August & my last Monarch Butterfly flew off on 10/24/17.
I again had one Butterfly that was a “Minni”...@ 1/2 inch smaller all the way around. This monarch did have food available.
Milkweed plants grew early then more grew and kept growing. Toward the end of September it was more difficult to find fresh milkweed.
I had so much fun. I enlisted a neighbor and her husband. They release 15.
Hope next year is as good.

Colton, NY

Latitude: 44.6 Longitude: -74.9

Observed by: Christine
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