Date: 05/17/2000

Number: 1

Contributed by Monarch Watch

Larval monitoring began Wednesday, May 3 at Peninsula Point on the Stonington Peninsula. We are located on the northern shore of Lake Michigan, east of Escanaba. On May 3, we had no milkweed. On May 9, we had milkweed in both forest openings which are monitored. Two monarch eggs were found on May 17. (We have seen no monarchs at Peninsula Point. This is normal. We always find eggs before we see monarchs, since we only spend about four to eight hours a week there at this time of year.)

C. J. Meitner
Monarch Butterfly Project
c/o USDA/Forest Service
Rapid River, MI

Escanaba, MI

Latitude: 45.8 Longitude: -87.2

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