Date: 05/18/2001

Number: 1

Finally! After reading about the first Minnesota monarch sightings we have finally seen our first. Just one, but as my 6 year old put it,"a gigantical one, so bright orange you could hardly see the black!" It was a sunny day, 75 degrees, and the monarch was sighted down near our pond in the back yard. Today was also noteworthy as we saw hundreds of tent catepillars emerge together in huge groups on the bark of trees. One colony about half way up a young oak tree and the other on a crabapple. They eventually dispersed in a matter of hours.

Brooklyn Park, MN

Latitude: 45 Longitude: -93.3

Observed by: Dave
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