Date: 05/10/2001

Number: 1

At Norfolk Botanical Gardens I saw no monarchs, no larvae, no eggs and no evidence of larvae eating the milkweed. I wonder what ever happened to those eggs I observed 2 weeks before. We have had a few heavy rain and thunder showers in between. Weather that day was calm almost no wind, every clear and sunny and warm (approx 80 degrees) For over an hour (1 - 2 P.M.) I observed 2 Black Swallowtails fly back and forth over the large milkweed and wild flower meadow, but no Monarchs. Same day at the Va Tech Reserach station (36.888N/-76.180W) I saw no Monarchs, no larvae, and no eggs and the same is also true at my Virginia Beach home common milkweed patch at (36.755N/-75.9914). However, now for a piece of good news, while visiting (same day)at a friend's home (their driveway sign reads "Butterfly Farm") 8 miles due east of Botanical Gardens, we did observe one female Monarch in good shape 'who had been around most of the day' laying eggs. It was their first Monarch of the season. Still a

Norfolk, VA

Latitude: 36.9 Longitude: -76.3

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