Date: 06/09/2025

Number: 1

My daughter and I were sitting on our front porch chatting, and she looked over and saw a 1st instar monarch larva on our common milkweed, readying to molt. It had made a silk button on the leaf and anchored itself in preparation for crawling out of its old "skin." We brought it in the house and are now raising it. This is a photo of it after it successfully molted and was munching again, taken on 6-11-25.

Sylvania, OH

Latitude: 41.7 Longitude: -83.7

Observed by: candy
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