Date: 05/24/2001

Number: 1

I have been waiting to see a wild milkweed come up for weeks now. It has been a dry spring until a few days ago, and there were no signs of them in the marshy area behind our house where I found them last year. However, on the way home today I saw a lone milkweed about 5 inches tall, all by itself between a building and a fence. So, I guess it has been up for a few weeks probably. I searched for eggs the best I could through the fence but I didn't see anything.

I have planted milkweed in my garden from seeds I found in the marshy area, and they are up too, but I didn't think you'd want reports on something planted deliberately.

I have still not seen a single monarch, but after three days of rain it is sunny today and suddenly there are many Red Admirals and a few other brownish/orange butterflies we didn't get close enough to identify. They aren't monarchs though.

Kingston, ON

Latitude: 44.2 Longitude: -76.3

Observed by: June (and daughter Beth)
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