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I was wondering if that early Monarch sighting in Utah could be correct despite its natural doubtablity. One year, 2006, I found my first Monarch in southeast Michigan on the absurdly early date of April 22. It even seemed to laying a few eggs on a very small
beginning Common Milkweed.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Leps-l <leps-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Paul Cherubini <monarch@saber.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 16, 2022 6:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> leps-l@mailman.yale.edu <leps-l@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Leps-l] iNat passes 100 million observations</font>
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<div class="" style="word-wrap:break-word">Yes iNaturalist a hugely valuable observational resource with
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<div class="">Still, nothing is perfect and iNaturalist is no exception. One problem</div>
<div class="">is the sighting dates are sometimes faulty .</div>
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<div class="">Example: This sighting of an unworn, brightly colored monarch</div>
<div class="">butterfly near Salt Lake City, Utah on April 10, 2021</div>
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<div class="">Utah residents point out the photo shows what the Great Salt Lake</div>
<div class="">landscape looks like in the Fall, not mid-April.</div>
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<div class="">El Dorado, Calif.</div>
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