Date: 07/20/2023

Number: 1

This summer I have only seen one monarch butterfly in our meadow in the hills outside of Chester, Vermont, which is untreated and has hundreds of thriving milkweed plants. As of9/1/2023, I have not found a single egg or monarch caterpillar in the meadow where in addition to the milkweed there are abundant wildflowers. Only a few tussock moth caterpillars have availed themselves of the abundant milkweed. Although I have seen many fritillaries all summer, it has been a sad year for monarchs here…

Chester, VT

Latitude: 43.3 Longitude: -72.7

Observed by: Mahala
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