dimanche 3 mars 2013

My last 2012 monarch passed away this past week

In August, one of my females hatched with crooked wings and short proboscis and missing legs. At first, I set her free with other tagged monarchs on some rudbeckia, but she was still there in the early evening hours after her buddies had flown off to begin their trip to Mexico. I brought her in for the night back into the holding cage in my study. I went through the same scenario the following day. I started hand feeding her sugar water every day. She passed away last Wednesday, February 27.