Date: 12/16/2020

Number: 1

This is the first captive-reared female Monarch I have tagged this fall with ID BL306 from Southwest Monarch Study. On Oct. 24th, I saw eggs on my Desert Milkweed (A. subulata). On Nov. 19th I moved three stage 5 larvae into a mesh rearing cage located outside on my patio. On Nov.26, the first pupa formed. And on Dec. 14th, this female eclosed. However the temperature was in the 50's and too cold to release her. Today it was in the mid 60's, so I tagged and released her onto cosmos blooming in my yard. Please report her to Southwest Monarch Study if you see her.

Tempe, AZ

Latitude: 33.4 Longitude: -111.9

Observed by: Patty
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