Date: 09/05/2018

Number: 17

The summer of 2018 as of 9-17-2018 i have release 158 monarchs. I have over 200 native milkweed plants growing in my yard. I found caterpillars of various sizes and also eggs on them. I put them in cages and fed them. I didn't keep track of that number. I probably had 40 caterpillars that had thetachinid fly maggots in them. I disposed both the dead caterpillars and the maggots/pupas so they didn't develope in my cages. I am thrilled with the number that have made it. I still have 18 chrysalis in my cage so my number of releases should increase. The date of 9-5-2018 above was my record day of the number i released on one day. I'll try to update when the season ends with pictures. I started out small 5 years ago and have been growing each year with releases.

Arnold, MO

Latitude: 38.4 Longitude: -90.4

Observed by: Carolyn
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