Date: 11/12/2020

Number: 9

I FOUND MULTIPLE CATERPILLARS TODAY! All summer the paper wasps killed literally 99% of the Monarch Larvae. So many poor caterpillars were eaten over the last 4 months that I was heartbroken! Dozens. Prior to that i was seeing at least 15 larvae per month making it to butterfly form! Cold temps keep the wasps at bay but during summer none of my neighbors look for wasp nests and ONE paper wasp will kill every larvae it can find. I lost almost 20 in one day. It was horrible. Anyways, wasps are gone and today I counted 9 Monarch larvae in different sizes! Temps have dropped but any slight rise in temps and I'll be standing guard over these babies!

Westminster, CA

Latitude: 33.8 Longitude: -118

Observed by: Dwain
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