Date: 05/18/2020

Number: 1

This is a short addition to two earlier observations.
On May 2nd I observed a monarch laying eggs in our garden. On May 15th three or four eggs hatched.
In one instance there were two eggs on one leaf and one hatched. I continued to watch the other egg and today (May 18th) the second egg hatched. So, 16 days as an egg.
To be certain about this observation I picked the leaf this afternoon after the egg turned dark and then observed the larva under a microscope as it ate its eggshell.

Asheville, NC

Latitude: 35.6 Longitude: -82.6

Observed by: alan
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