Date: 05/12/2019

Number: 6

Today was Mother's Day and it was a wonderful monarch day too ~ a good reminder of the long-journeyed elder monarchs whose offspring are now being born and taking flight!

It was finally a day with no storms and a lot of sun. We had 6 monarchs emerge from their chrysalises today (four males and two females). They were all healthy and were released this afternoon. A bit earlier in the day I had released five monarchs (born in the last two days) that had been kept indoors due to the inclement weather. So there were a total of eleven monarchs setting sail today!

This is a photo of one of the females born today ~ she was the only one who stayed briefly on some flowers long enough for a photo ... and then she was off too!

Montgomery, TX

Latitude: 30.4 Longitude: -95.8

Observed by: Kathy
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