Date: 03/23/2000

Number: 1

Contributed by Monarch Watch

Monarchs arrived in the Tallahassee-St. Marks, Florida, area since last week. My first sighting of monarchs in Tallahassee was March 23rd. Forty-to 50 monarchs were counted at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge (south of here) that week. This morning, Wednesday the 29th, I watched a female laying eggs on Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias currasavica) here in Tallahassee. Her wings were a bit notched and the scale cover was very thin, but otherwise she was in good shape. Whether she made her way back from Mexico, from south Florida, or is one of the limited number that over-wintered along the coast immediately south of
Tallahassee is unknown. Monarchs usually don't overwinter this far north in Florida, but we had an unusually mild winter and they were being reported throughout the winter from spots along our coast.

Tallahassee, FL

Latitude: 30.4 Longitude: -84.3

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