Date: 09/16/2022

Number: 1

The only monarch caterpillar observed in this stand of whorled milkweed during 2022. In prior years at this site multiple monarch larvae were observed. The milkweed plants are rapidly senescing and drying following early cessation (due to drou8ght-related low reservoir storage above Caballo Dam) of irrigation flow in the Rio Grande. The day was warm, windy, and partly cloudy.

Mesilla, NM

Latitude: 32.3 Longitude: -106.8

Observed by: James
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