Mid-Atlantic Gardening: MIGRATION ON! Plant it and They Will Come part 5, 1 by coleup

coleup wrote:
SSG you most likely have a migrator! Monarchs can't fly unless their body temp is around 60 degrees so sunnying is the warm up drill. May have spent the nite there or in a tree (they like spruce/cedar evergreen types and may have been blown down by considerable wind yesterday.

Your late blooming asters are the most likely nectar source if it is hungry bat also slvia and Cheyenne Spirit sources, too.

Glad to hear no sign of damage so it probably eclosed within the past week! If temps stay lowish and wind directions not favorable it may stick around to nectar for a day or two like those coming to Cape May do.

http://capemaymonarchs.blogspot.com/

It would be really great to report your sighting to Monarch Watch Journey North or the Monarch Monitoring Project! It is easy to do!

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/maps/Gallery.html