Date: 08/17/2024

Number: 1

Monarch caterpillar on swamp milkweed, along with lots of aphids and at least a couple milkweed leaf beetles (one visible above the cat and one slightly visible up and to the right in the photo). I have not had so many aphids like this ever before. Surprised and thrilled to find another monarch caterpillar, especially with much of the swamp milkweed stalks near this one being negatively impacted by the aphids and beetles!

Bartlett, IL

Latitude: 42 Longitude: -88.2

Observed by: Kathy
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