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Danaus plexippus
Bright orange wings with black and white markings. The outer edge of the wings has a thick black border. Within the black border are white spots. The upper corner of the top set of wings has orange spots. The body of the monarch is black.
Spotted in a meadow on an oppressively hot and humid day at Bent of the River Audubon.
Spotted on Aug 14, 2016
Submitted on Aug 17, 2016
4 Comments
Hi! nice picture for that wonderful monarch butterflies
here in the Philippines monarch butterflies subspecies is endanger to the climate change and man made infrastructure, they can,t live in one place because of many disturbances like shortage of food,the hot temperature,destroyed habitat and the appropriate plant for that kind of butterfly....I will help to record and research about the monarch butterflies in the Philippines
Thanks Pradeep! Silver Birch - yes, I haven't seen many in the last few years. Habitat loss, weather, the decline of certain flowering plants and milkweed, etc. are all issues. I plant and help hand out native milkweed seeds each year in an attempt to at least help with that part of the problem...such a small thing, but hopefully it helps.
Nice shot!
Are they getting rarer because of their habit being destroyed?