Date: 08/17/2020

Number: 7

Monarch Waystation #271 reports a crisp bright monarch female nectaring and laying several eggs in the backyard, first seen 11 am as I passed the back patio door. This very determined butterfly flew against the stiff breeze generated by the HVAC to grab onto and lay one egg on the swamp milkweed that grew next to the unit. It was "epic!" She laid several other eggs on tropical milkweed further away next, then flew up and over the roof northward. I checked the front yard and did not see her there. At 12:30 pm she was seen out the kitchen window in the front yard nectaring, then checking the milkweeds, rejecting plants that already had feeding signs or damaged leaves. She was seen laying an egg on a purple, common and tropical milkweed plus a butterflyweed. Photo shows an egg found on a front common milkweed. No diligent search for eggs was done; the reported egg count is based on the minimum number of different milkweed plants I saw her lay eggs on front + back.

Newport News, VA

Latitude: 37.1 Longitude: -76.5

Observed by: Judy
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