Can you guess what this is? Plus last week's answer and winner!
October 11, 2021
Monday Nature Mystery
We are pleased to announce the winner of our Monday Nature Mystery, Mike Molnar! Please email us your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to: [email protected]
Congratulations to Mike for correctly identifying an egg laid by a Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).Female monarchs lay one egg on one leaf on a milkweed plant. Sometimes they will exhibit a behavior called egg dumping, where they lay more than one egg on a leaf or plant. The Monarchs that you see now are part of the Super Generation that will migrate back to Mexico to overwinter before starting their journey north next year.
Last Week's mystery: Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) egg. Photo: Lorie Shaull from St Paul, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Each Monday we’ll post a new photo and identify the previous week’s winner. They’ll receive an ASNV hat or tote bag.
Here is this week’s mystery:
Be sure to post your answer on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under the Monday Mystery post...do not reply to this email with your guess!
Please remember to write the common name, being mindful of hyphens, uppercase and lowercase letters and always include the Latin name in parentheses. To learn more about bird names click here.
Photo: Nancy Guadino/Audubon Photography Awards
Do you know who this is? Post your guess (please list both common name and Latin name) on our Facebook page @AudubonVA under Monday Nature Mystery.
Good luck!
-Audubon Society of Northern Virginia
Please note that all entries are date and time-stamped. We review each correct answer to see who commented first. If someone 'likes' your comment, it would move it up on the list, making it look like the first post. Winners are limited to one prize every 90 days.
