Date: 03/28/2020

Number: 5

At around 11:30am I went on a short walk around and saw at least 5 individual monarchs. They were nectaring on yellow and pink thistles and also on the abundant lyre-leaf sage wildflowers. It was a cool morning with overcast skies, 67 degrees F, a light breeze, and the feeling a rainstorm could happen soon.

The lovely monarch in the photo was nectaring from lyre-leaf sage, going from flower to flower, resting at times on wild grapevine leaves. She has a small tear in her right wing.

Later in the afternoon I did a survey of some of the milkweed checking for eggs and larvae. I looked at 197 milkweed plants. I found 161 monarch eggs, 27 1st instars, 12 2nd instars, 4 3rd instars, 0 4th instars, and 1 5th instar. Most of the 1st instars were newborns.

Montgomery, TX

Latitude: 30.4 Longitude: -95.8

Observed by: Kathy
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