Wednesday, May 19, 2010

milkweed butterfly

28mm f2.8 1/20s ISO200
monarch butterfly \mon"arch but"ter*fly\, n. (Zool.) A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus) having striking orange-brown wings with black veins in a reticulated pattern; -- called also milkweed butterfly andmonarch. Its larvae feed on the leaves of the milkweed.

2 comments:

  1. Loving all the butterfly pictures you've been showing. It's beautiful.

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  2. Another beauty !!

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