Date: 03/05/2019

Number: 1

There is a single female monarch circled in blue upper edge of this photograph. She did not appear to be oviposing. Against my advice the vice-mayor of my city sowed a pound of curassavica seeds into a 20x30 foot piece of little-used city property. That was Late summer 2018. When I took this photo on 3.5.19 half the dense mass of stalks had been cut back last winter and are now about 24 inches tall. the other half had not been cut back and was about 4 feet tall. New foliage was emerging - one inch leaves mostly at top - and I observed two small flower bud clusters. I examined about 20 different plants for eggs or caterpillars but found none.

Gretna, LA

Latitude: 29.9 Longitude: -90.1

Observed by: VIRGINIA
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