Date: 06/02/2001

Number: 1

First eggs of the season! After checking the milkweed diligently for the past week, we found our firt monarch eggs on Saturday. In a frontage roadside patch of grass and milkweed along 394 and Wirth Parkway, we checked 10 plants and found 2 eggs, on 2 different plants for a grand total of TWO!
Sunday the 2nd of June, my son and daughters spotted some milkweed growing around a nicely landscaped business along 83rd Ave in Brooklyn Park. The milkweed was spotted by Joseph as we drove along, so we backed up and checked for eggs. None! That was at 1:00 pm. When we came by again later, closer to 6:00 pm that same day, Katie checked again and found 2 eggs on one leaf out of 3 plants that were all about 20 to 30 cm tall.
Both these sightings were on common milkweed. The swamp milkweed around our pond is shorter and is "eggless" at this time!

Minneapolis, MN

Latitude: 45 Longitude: -93.3

Observed by: Dave
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