Monarch caterpillar on Milkweed Nichols Lake Road Sax-Zim Bog MN IMG_5366
Monarchs migrate all the way to the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico to overwinter with millions of their own kind. Amazingly, it is the next generation that finds its way back north [August; Carlton County, Minnesota]
Monarch caterpillars grow fast on a diet of milkweed leaves [August; Carlton County, Minnesota]
Monarch Danaus plexippus Eloise Butler Wildflower Gardens Theodore Wirth Park Golden Valley MNIMG_0465
Monarch Danaus plexippus Galesburg IL IMG_8091 CR2
Monarch Danaus plexippus Galesburg IL IMG_8094 CR2
Monarch Danaus plexippus Galesburg IL IMG_8098 CR2
Monarch Danaus plexippus Hayden Prairie IA IMG_0065441
Monarch Danaus plexippus Hayden Prairie IA IMG_0065468
Monarch Danaus plexippus Hayden Prairie IA IMG_0065489
Monarch Danaus plexippus Hayden Prairie IA IMG_0065499
Monarch Danaus plexippus Hayden Prairie IA IMG_0065502
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Monarch Danaus plexippus Hayden Prairie IA IMG_0065518
Monarch Danaus plexippus Hayden Prairie IA IMG_0065520
Monarch Danaus plexippus Hayden Prairie IA IMG_0065521
Monarch Danaus plexippus Hayden Prairie IA IMG_0065522
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Monarch Danaus plexippus Hayden Prairie IA IMG_0065529
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Monarch Danaus plexippus Hayden Prairie IA IMG_0065540
Monarch [July; Nachusa Grasslands, The Nature Conservancy, Franklin Grove, Illinois]
Monarch Danaus plexippus Skogstjarna Carlton Co MN IMG_6266
Monarch dogwood flowers Douglas Co WI IMG_8748
Monarch IMG_2215
Monarch Liatris Blazing Star New Hope MNIMG_0488
Monarch Liatris Blazing Star New Hope MNIMG_0498
Monarch Liatris Blazing Star New Hope MNIMG_0509
Monarch on Blazing-star Liatris Danaus plexippus Forest Lake Trail Cable WIIMG_4536
Monarch on Liatris Blazing Star IMG_0739
Monarch on Liatris Blazing Star IMG_0745
Monarch on Liatris Blazing StarIMG_0745
Queen Danaus gilippus TX
Queen Danaus gillipus Krenmueller Farms LRGV TX TX-_0064