Date: 05/06/2000

Number: 1

My seventh grade students and I have been watching the milkweed sprout up around Willow Creek Middle School. It is a brick building that is earth-bermed on all sides. On April 25th we noticed several shoots of common milkweed that were 8 to 10 cm tall; they were on top of the berm on the south side of the building. At that time, we looked for eggs but didn't find any.

On Saturday(5/6), in my own backyard (S.W. Rochester), I found two monarch eggs on one plant that was 10 cm tall. The eggs hatched by 6:00 AM on Monday (5/8). Additionally, this morning (5/8), I found two more eggs on one 30 cm tall plant that was growing on the S.W. berm of W.C.M.S. All of my students and I have been watching for adults, but have not sighted any yet.

Rochester, MN

Latitude: 44.1 Longitude: -92.5

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