Date: 08/24/2020

Number: 1

Monarch Waystation #271 reports an intact and slightly faded male monarch first sighted nectaring on tropical milkweed in the front beds about 11:45 am. He did a mix of "cruising" the front beds, resting on upright non-blooming plants and nectaring while I was weeding. Photo caught him resting on a Culver's Root stem with potted Salvia blooming nearby. After a while he landed briefly on the available milkweed blooms [tropical and butterflyweed], then immediately cruised around or rest. Either he was skittish about me being around, bullied off blooms by bumblebees or was giving flowers time to reload nectar. By noon I was in the back and saw presumably the same male doing the same routine in the back bed, where blooms of swamp, tropical and butterflyweed were available.

Newport News, VA

Latitude: 37.1 Longitude: -76.5

Observed by: Judy
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