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Monarch Butterfly Wings A macro image of Monarch Butterfly wings that illustrates their details, symmetry, and beauty Danaus plexippus,Geotagged,Monarch,Monarch Butterfly,Summer,United States,adult,butterfly,detail,endangered,environment,insect,macro,metamorphosis,migration,symmetry,wings Click/tap to enlarge

Monarch Butterfly Wings

A macro image of Monarch Butterfly wings that illustrates their details, symmetry, and beauty

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  1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    Beautiful. Nature is quite remarkable, great photo. Posted 10 years ago
  2. View Thom_Morris's profile
    Thom_Morris
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    Thanks Clare! I made a time lapse of one of the Monarchs emerging. I hope you like it.

     Posted 10 years ago
  3. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Beautiful shot! Those oval-shaped black dots on the wing vein are a way of sexing Monarchs - only the males have them...So, this would be a male! Posted 7 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 Thom_Morris
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By Thom_Morris

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Uploaded Aug 18, 2015. Captured Aug 10, 2015 10:06 in 45975 Corte Tobarra, Temecula, CA 92592, USA.
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  • NIKON D610
  • f/1.0
  • 1/500s
  • ISO160
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.