Date: 08/23/2018

Number: 1

R, 8/23/2018, 10:10a CDT
1 male Monarch Butterfly (M13) emerged.

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This Monarch's wings are badly deformed. I am sad he won't be able to fly, and feel equally sad that I may have caused harm during the transformation process.

During the chrysalis stage, the chrysalsis fell (about 10") from my mesh habitat flap (it had attached cremaster directly above the zipper) onto my hardwood floor. I think the chrysalis cracked upon impact.

R, 8/23/2018, 8:35p CDT
I put diluted honey on cotton pad and gently coaxed M13's proboscis to eat. He started eating! JOY!

F, 8/24/2018, 12:45p CDT
I spoke with U of MN entomologist. He suggested releasing M13 outside, placing the Monarch onto a plant.

F, 8/24/2018, 1:40p CDT
I set M13 Monarch Butterfly onto a Sedum Spectable flower head just below my kitchen window where he (M13) was protected from currently heavy rain and strong winds. I prayed and walked back into my home.

F, 8/24/2018, 1:40p CDT thru Y, 8/26/2018, 1p CDT
M13 was outside, and he had fallen down into my landscape rocks near the house. I felt awful seeing M13 "Lucky" suffering/struggling, and his wings got even more tattered by being outside.

Y, 8/26/2018, 1p CDT
I bought watermelon, returned Lucky to my indoor habitat, and have been hand-feeding him watermelon and diluted honey ever since.

Periodically I find Lucky on his back, so I gently use a toothpick or my finger to rescue him and set him upright.

The picture submitted here was taken T, 9/4/2018, during a feeding.

Stillwater, MN

Latitude: 45.1 Longitude: -92.8

Observed by: Patty
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