Date: 05/04/2000

Number: 1

Contributed by Monarch Watch

While on my hands and knees weeding flower gardens and searching for asclepias shoots, one Monarch (bright/fresh) was observed flying approx. one to three feet from the ground nectaring at dandelions May 4th. On May 5th Asclepias _ice ballet_ shoots had broken through soil and by evening were 5-6" tall. What hinted at a drought has, in May, grown to be flooding along the northeastern Illinois/Wisconsin border. (Lake County)
Diane Falk

Antioch, IL

Latitude: 42.5 Longitude: -88.1

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