Date: 04/02/2019

Number: 6

Megan Goyette: We have had about 6 monarch adult sightings on the refuge, the first one was last week so in March. They have all been very tattered. The milkweed is starting to emerge, most plants are barely breaking ground and some are around an inch tall. I found a milkweed cluster yesterday with about 20 eggs in the small milkweed patch, some plants even had two eggs on them. I found a few eggs in another area on the refuge in a larger milkweed patch. Seems to be more monarchs than usual this Spring.

On April 3: Saw 6 monarchs today. Two of them were mating in the tree and then flew attached together. I also saw another one nectaring from the pods of a Goodings willow tree. Exciting stuff!!
(Reported to Southwest Monarch Study)

Socorro, NM

Latitude: 33.8 Longitude: -106.9

Observed by: Gail
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