Date: 03/25/2023

Number: 15

There was a wonderful abundance of monarchs today! At 11am it was sunny, 70 degrees F, with 30% humidity, and light winds from the NW. Over about an hour and a half I saw at least 11 individual monarchs: flying, nectaring, resting/sunning, and multiple females egg-laying.

Throughout the day (as it warmed up to 81 degrees F) there were always monarchs to be seen, often quite near each other. I saw a couple of instances of males chasing females. There still seem to be more females than males.

Given that some of the milkweed (and presumably the eggs/larvae) had been taken down by the freeze, it was so good to see this new influx of monarchs and active egg-laying.

This is a photo of one of the lovely monarchs as she is about to lay an egg on a milkweed. She was very prolific and laid many eggs on this sunny day.

Montgomery, TX

Latitude: 30.4 Longitude: -95.8

Observed by: Kathy
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