Date: 05/06/2020

Number: 1

The orange parts of the wing were pale.

I'm positive it was a monarch. It was in the area where the milkweed is and where I have participated in the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project for the last two years. It flew in front of me and my dog as we stood in the yard, about 3 feet away. I watched it fly away, trying to determine the sex but I couldn't. I did note that the orange color was paler than normal. I then got on my knees in that area and started looking for milkweed and found 7 shoots, each between 1-2" tall! They must have poked up a few days ago. I'll check for eggs tomorrow and will respond here with my findings.

Madison, WI

Latitude: 43.1 Longitude: -89.4

Observed by: Jean
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