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We saw our first Monarchs of the season this past weekend. One appeared at the Nature Trust event at Crow Neck Beach on the Baccaro Peninsula on Saturday mid-day, one was on the Hawk Beach in the afternoon and the third was at Keji Seaside Park on Sunday afternoon. In each case, they were seen on or close to the Beach. From most of my observations in the past in NS, Monarchs seem to be a coastal species, at least on the Atlantic side and of course we have little or no Milkweed around here. Can anyone explain these primarily coastal appearances? Bob McDonald Halifax ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Bogan" <larry@bogan.ca> To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 11:30 AM Subject: [NatureNS] Monarch update - Valley > Hi all, > We have had as many as three, maybe four Monarch butterflies in our > field early last week. Over the last several weeks, we have been casually > collecting small Common Milkweed plants with eggs and small larvae on > them. At the moment we have 16 larvae munching away on leaves in the > house and a few to yet emerge from eggs. There are already three pupae > hanging in screened in boxes going through their transformations plus one > that escaped and is hanging from the top of one of our window frames. > > Last week we had our field of milkweed mowed by our neighbor who is very > wary of letting this 'noxious weed' escape onto his farmland. The > milkweed had flowered and was setting seedpods and had to be cut to > prevent wide-spread dispersal of the seed. We still see at least one > Monarch flying around visiting flowers and there is still plenty of > milkweed growing near our buildings for them to lay on. There is also > milkweed in the ditch on Brooklyn Street and in nearby agriculatural > fields so ours is not the only source of milkweed in the area. > > We just received our tags from Monarch Watch and will be tagging up to 25 > butterflies this year. Included was a newsletter describing the outlook > for population this year. It says " We can expect a low year for > monarchs...The migration should be particularly low in the New England > area...." More information is available at http://monarchwatch.org. > > Cheers, > Larry Bogan > Cambridge Station, NS > >
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