Date: 08/07/2022

Number: 20

I mentioned in last sighting some ovipositing behavior - yes! On showy, narrowleaf, and tropical milkweed.

I put 30 eggs, which I think is an underestimate, but I have a little narrowleaf forest and am not going to try to search it.

Eggs were laid between 10 and 11 am. Female left shortly after.
Male remained all day, and I saw him fight presumably another male off three times in the evening after about 6 pm.
I wasn’t watching all day.
He was patrolling until after 8 pm, when nearly all of my yard is shaded. Very determined.

Note - you should change my observation of two monarchs yesterday to three to account for the male/s chased away in evening.

A friend near Liberty Park 2.5 miles south has the same thing happening at her yard - a male sticking around for days.
She is the one who released some females here a week ago.

She came by to collect eggs from my yard and took about 10 to raise.

[Journey North altered quantity field from 30 to 20 to reflect additional information from observer, 09/07/22]:

20 eggs observed wild, with 10 eggs collected and removed from yard to be raised 2.5 miles south near Liberty Park

Salt Lake City, UT

Latitude: 40.8 Longitude: -111.9

Observed by: Adrienne
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