I tried to post a map like Angie did to show where I am in Oklahoma, but GW wouldn't let me post it--wasn't the right format. Will try again. I am in the NE Quadrant of Oklahoma, about an hour from Kansas, and a little over an hour from Arkansas. The county is Tulsa, and we are between Bixby and Broken Arrow in a residential area that used to be a sod farm. It's a good location for leps as I get some of the eastern species--like Dianas, and the western species--like Western Pygmy Blues. I've had several county records, from east, west, and south. The Orange-Barred Sulphur was probably the most unusual sighting. I chuckled while reading your story about the rue, Mary. That had to be crazy to watch. It sounds like you have a wonderful butterfly habitat. And Angie as well. Even though there is a very nice Pawpaw tree in the yard, I've only glanced a couple of Zebra Swallowtails in the BY during the time we've lived here which is 9 years. Never found any cats, so most likely the visitors were male. But, so far, the Monarchs have faithfully found my BY, spring and fall, for many years, here, and where we lived before. NE Oklahoma is on the flight path. Sandy

Fantastic little Monarch family you have! :-) I have just discovered Monarch eggs, the first this year for me. Hopefully, I'll soon have babies to raise, too. Thank you for sharing these little guys with us and good luck. Mary

OmDog here, too! I just went out to gather some leaves for the 10 cats I have, and found 13 more eggs! Shouldn't they be on their way to Mexico already?! I'm going to charter a jet to take this next batch down there! I am very thankful that there's a milkweed patch a few blocks away, because there's no way I have enough left in my yard to raise the new ones.

Rhonda, thanks, but nothing ever got them inside the courtyard, because I spray for insects in there so they won't get in the house, and don't have a lot of lizards. I'm going to move my milkweed into pots inside the courtyard this fall so I can at least save a few babies. I'm so sad. I really had hoped for dozens of monarchs this year. I had 10 last year on only a few plants, but all of them are getting eaten this year. It's too heartbreaking to work so hard on something, just to see it all go up in smoke.