Date: 03/15/2025

Number: 6

At 3:30pm it was 77 degrees F, sunny, with 19% humidity, and gale-like winds from the W. I had already seen two female monarchs milkweed seeking and egg-laying earlier in the morning. As I went back out to the pastures and meadows I saw at least six female monarchs. I followed them individually as they were focused on finding milkweed and egg-laying.

The monarchs often rested in the grass for long moments, escaping from the continuous dry, gusty wind. They also nectared from false garlic flowers, wild blackberry blossoms, and even redbud trees in bloom. The dry wind made them need the nectar more than usual.

Milkweed is still just beginning to emerge, so the monarchs had to look far and wide to find the new sprouts. But they did find them! As I was out following the monarchs, I also checked milkweed plants. Most of the milkweed plants I looked at had monarch eggs.

This is a photo of one of the windswept monarchs as she lays several eggs on this just-emerged milkweed sprout (Asclepias viridis).

Montgomery, TX

Latitude: 30.4 Longitude: -95.8

Observed by: Kathy
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