Date: 10/22/2020

Number: 2

Several eggs collected ~Sept. 5 hatched & were kept in enclosure on outdoor porch. Apparently cool nights slowed development. I still have 2 males to release, waiting for a weather window, which is forecast for this week. It's been so cold here, I've brought them indoors; they've been feeding on verbenda blossums in an enclosure. I may even drive them downstate a ways to give them a better chance. To anyone in central & southern Illinois, are asters and other likely nectar plants yet blooming there? Looking for some hope to cling to.

Oak Park, IL

Latitude: 41.9 Longitude: -87.8

Observed by: DV
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