Date: 05/02/2021

Number: 1

One more eclosed today; an even 50 monarch butterflies released total -- maybe more if I missed anyone. That's the end result of the migration that passed through here starting around mid-March.

There are 2 viable chrysalises left, but from either a different 'wave' of the migration or from a local colony. They should eclose in about 12 days.

I lost two or three butterflies during the wing-fluffing process. All others appeared, then left.

These results were from about 120 eggs, and about 90 caterpillars. I lost about 1/3 to disease or insufficient food -- they ate my milkweed bare, then some (smaller ones) didn't take to the butternut squash substitute. About twelve chrysalises failed to develop.

Houston, TX

Latitude: 29.6 Longitude: -95.1

Observed by: Bernie
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