Date: 10/03/2000

Number: 1

This year, I checked for monarchs at approximately the same time each day, between 4:40-5:30pm, nectaring in the backyard garden. From September 7th through September 13th,it was usual to see between 1-5 monarchs each day. Then nothing until 1 on Sept 27th & 28th, 3 on Sept. 30th, 4 on October lst, l on Oct 2nd & 3rd.

October 3rd was the last time I spotted a monarch. We had light frosts previous and our first killing frost on October 6th. These last days of October I haven't seen cabbage moth/common sulphur butterflies anymore either. They had been plentiful after the monarchs had ceased to feed in the backyard. Our hummingbird left pretty late this year, too.

Mount Carroll, IL

Latitude: 42.1 Longitude: -90

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