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Monarch, Captive-Reared

Date: 10/25/2022

Number: 1

Found a big fat caterpillar on milkweed. Kept it safe till it went into J hang and chrysalis. Was in chrysalis for 20 days !!!! Thank God it was warm out for 4 days in a row. I had it in a cage snd kept it in the warm sun. He emerged on 10-25-22 !!! I put him in a nice tree in the sun. And he finally took off. I sprayed water onto chrysalis a couple of times to give moisture as if it was outside as I kept it inside because it was so cold out. Hopefully, he enjoyed being a butterfly for at least one day. Phew!!! I helped to raise about 40 monarch butterflies this season after collecting eggs. About 12 didn’t make it - not included in the 40. Over 100 in 2019!!!

Bloomfield Hills, MI

Latitude: 42.6 Longitude: -83.3

Observed by: Jean
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