Observation date: August 04, 2021
Date notes: This sighting report represents a short length of Rio Grande bank visited by up to 5 Mourning Cloak butterflies between 0724-0809 2021.
Submitted by: jamesvonloh
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: This report documents my first observations of Mourning Cloaks nectaring from Whorled/Horsetail and Climbing Milkweed flowers along the Rio Grande. The number is few, likely between 3-5 individuals. During this period it was sunny, breezy, and warm to hot.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: December 04, 2021
Coordinator notes: if I lived down there I'd have fields of that milkweed and fences covered with that milkweed vine! MAGNETS
