We have turned on the automatic aggregator for the Milkweeds and Monarch's Project, this will automatically add your observations to the project if they meet the project rules and you allow curators to add observations to the project The rules are:

must be observed in Texas, US
must be in the Genus Asclepias
observer must allow project curators to view coordinates.

For the aggregator to work, you must give curators permission to add observations and view the locations of obscured observations. You can choose this setting when you join the project or by going to the project page and clicking "Your Membership" and then selecting "Project members" on the right side of the page. This will be the most convenient way to share your observations with our project.

To manually add observations you can choose "You" under project settings, this will allow you to choose which observations you want to add to our project. However, curators will not be able to add your observations. The easiest way to do this is to go to the project, click "Add from your observations"->batch edit-> select all or the observations you want to add->add to project->Texas Milkweeds and Monarch's.

To add information to the optional data fields, go to the observation, click on the black asterisk next to the "Texas Milkweeds and Monarch's" tab on the right side of the page, then select "Fill out project observation fields."

Please comment on this post or email me directly with any questions or feedback: cullen.hanks@tpwd.texas.gov

-Cullen

Monarchs are in Texas (https://www.learner.org/jnorth/maps/monarch_spring2016.html), and eggs were recently observed on milkweed in Gonzales County. It was a warm spring so milkweed is up early in many places. Now is THE TIME to make the 'AND' part of the project happen: let's see some milkweed AND monarchs observations!