Date: 03/13/1999

Number: 1

We await word that the Monarchs have started leaving their over-wintering sites in the mountains of Mexico. We are visited daily by the Monarchs that have been over-wintering along the Gulf coast. We have seen many faded and tattered Monarchs during the winter and wonder how we will tell the difference between those that have been around HERE for weeks and those arriving from Mexico. It was a mild winter with the Asclepias curassavica growing and blooming all winter. We found some wild A. viridis about 4 inches tall in the pasture last week ... nature is making ready also. Harlen and Altus http://www.homestead.com/vcs

Port Lavaca, TX

Latitude: 28.8 Longitude: -97

Observed by: Harlen E.
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