Monarchs in Trumbull!

[Rumohr at aol.com]

Greetings! I am now happy to report many Monarch sightings and am now a 
"Happy Camper"! I have spent many hours in my own garden and the school 
garden Wed,Thurs and Fri keeping the beds well watered in all this heat. On 
Friday, the school butterfly garden, in its second summer, was a flurry with 
butterflies. during a 10 minute period, I spotted:
		6 Monarchs
		1 Silver Spotted Skipper
		2 Painted Ladies
		2 Great Spangled Fritillaries 
		1 Tiger Swallowtail
		1 Coral Hairstreak- I think,used Peterson's Guide, but can't 
be postive-( it landed on my wrist and stayed, guess it liked the sweat!)
		At school we have an enclosed courtyard in which we grow 
pumpkins,sunflowers and vegetables in raised beds. There is a clump of Swamp 
Milkweed in our sunflower garden. Friday a female Monarch laid many eggs just 
during the short time I observed her.
 	In my home garden, there are fewer varieties but I saw a beautiful 
Buckeye on Thurs. There are many Monarch eggs on my asclepias and I gather as 
many as I can. My former students(I taught 1st grade) and fellow garden club 
members come looking for eggs  to raise and release.	
	Needless to say, these gardens are only a small example of what a 
community of butterfly gardens could provide for our CT butterfly population!
						With a flutter and a flurry! 
Ruthie Mohr