Date: 10/01/2018

Number: 148

captured, reared 160 monarch caterpillars. hatched and released 72 males & 75 females between June and September. Those that didn't make it had larger bands of black when found as caterpillars and either died as caterpillars during an instar or their crysalis turned copper and then very black and didn't hatch. I didn't count a male found in my garden that hatched naturally but wings tips were curled in the same direction so he could not fly. After feeding him, he was stronger but still fluttered in circles.After researching, I clipped the tips of the wings off to give him a fighting chance and he flew away. I hope he makes it to Mexico!

Harrisville, NH

Latitude: 43 Longitude: -72.1

Observed by: Deb
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