Monarch and milkweed monitoring for the 2023 season is now underway in our monitoring plot in Johnson’s Pasture. After the cold winter, the milkweed is coming up much later this year. While milkweed plants were up and apparent in April, 2022, we did see any milkweed plants this year until the beginning of May, and some of them still aren’t up. Not surprisingly we haven’t seen any Monarch eggs or larvae yet, but we hope we will soon. Last year, we first saw monarch larvae in June.
Here are a few photos from this May. Click on the photos to see the captions.
If you would be interested in helping monitor monarchs and milkweed, please email info@friendsofthewildernesspark.org.
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