Date: 10/18/2021

Number: 1

I had one beautiful monarch butterfly hatched from chrysalis. I found her when she was a small caterpillar in my garden and I raised her outdoor until she hatched.

Before I released her I did OE testing and unfortunately she was heavily infested even though she looked totally healthy. I couldn’t release her. It’s so sad and I am confused most of my butterflies came out from my garden was infested.

Next year if I find the eggs in my garden I can kill OE but I don’t know what to do if I find the caterpillars which might have been already infested.

Schaumburg, IL

Latitude: 42 Longitude: -88.1

Observed by: Yuki
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