Date: 09/14/2018

Number: 100

When the wind from the south was strong last Wednesday (Sep. 12) we began seeing lots of monarchs in our home garden. By Friday there were more than 100 monarchs along with fritillaries and swallowtails nectaring mostly on the Tithonia but also on Blue Mist flower, Tropical MW, verbena and zinnia. Five days later on Monday, Sep. 17th they were still here. Mid-afternoon that day, the wind and temperature changed and the rain began. I thought they would be gone this morning (Sep. 18) but about 30% of them are still hanging around. This has been an amazing monarch season.

Red Wing, MN

Latitude: 44.5 Longitude: -92.4

Observed by: Diane
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