Date: 09/24/2024

Number: 5

5 monarchs (2 females, 3 males) seen flying low around milkweed, resting in shady areas, and nectaring. Nectar plants include flowering slim milkweed (Asclepias linearis) & green milkweed (Asclepias viridis) and tiny frog fruit flowers (Phyla nodiflora) ~ all favorites of other butterflies, honey bees, and bumblebees. Other butterflies sharing the habitat are numerous queen butterflies, gulf fritillaries, various types of swallowtails and more.

This is one of the female monarchs nectaring on blooming green milkweed today.

Monarch Watch Waystation #562
(established 2006)

Montgomery, TX

Latitude: 30.4 Longitude: -95.8

Observed by: Kathy
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