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Soaking Up the Sunflower A Monarch butterfly on a Sunflower. Danaus plexippus,Monarch,Sunflower Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Soaking Up the Sunflower

A Monarch butterfly on a Sunflower.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Excellent spring photo, promoted to the homepage. Would that be a monarch butterfly? Posted 11 years ago
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    sugaree78
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    Thank you! Excited to see it on the homepage :)
     Posted 11 years ago

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The Monarch butterfly

The monarch butterfly or simply monarch is a milkweed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names depending on region include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black veined brown. It may be the most familiar North American butterfly, and is considered an iconic pollinator species.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by WildFlower
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Uploaded Apr 9, 2014. Captured Sep 26, 2013 02:29.
  • NIKON D3100
  • f/5.0
  • 10/10000s
  • ISO200
  • 155mm