Date: 08/30/2018

Number: 1

This is the first Monarch butterfly that I have seen here since I built my garden in 2006.

I first saw the Monarch on one of my Tithonia rotundifolia ‘The Torch’ plants at about 15:15. The Monarch eventually got tired or scared of me photographing it and then flew away from my garden to where I could not see it.

About an hour later, at about 16:15, I noticed the Monarch, probably the same one that I saw before, on one of my Tithonia rotundifolia ‘The Torch’ plants. The Monarch eventually got tired or scared of me photographing it and then flew off to the other side of my garden and landed on a Verbascum where it stayed for less than two minutes. Then it flew and landed on an Echinops ritro where it stayed for a few minutes. The Monarch then flew back to the Tithonia rotundifolia ‘The Torch’ plants. The Monarch got tired or scared of my photographing it again and flew away. I shot the photograph attached to this Monarch sighting report at about 16:19.

If the Monarch is a female, I hope that it flies back to my garden and lays its eggs on the many Asclepias speciosa 'Davis' "Milkweed" plants, many Asclepias speciosa "Showy Milkweed", and/or single Asclepias tuberosa plant that I have in my garden.

Clinton, WA

Latitude: 47.9 Longitude: -122.4

Observed by: Dave
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