Date: 07/16/2019

Number: 1000

I can only estimate that I saw at least 1000 eggs today, only one large cat and 5 teeeeeeny cats. I watched the butterflies laying eggs too.
Reporting the cats separately. Have not been finding many cats this year ... but in a few days?

Editor's note: contacted observer for details on estimation process. Here is her reply:

OK, so I went out to get some food for the 20-30 cats we have in our raising meshes. We had notably not seen many caterpillars since the first flush in June. What I found was lots and lots of eggs, sometimes 4 or 5 on one leaf. Standing there surrounded by head-high milkweed, I could easily see 100 eggs without moving. This, in a field of milkweed about 300 feet long by 200 feet wide. I personally have not been successful with raising eggs in the past, so I let them be, and went elsewhere to hunt a food supply. I checked 3 patches that I often visit and found the same thing. 100 or more eggs within arms reach. I think 1000 seen may be a very low estimate.

Indian Lake, NY

Latitude: 43.8 Longitude: -74.3

Observed by: DAISY
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