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Monarch (male)

Danaus plexippus

Photo by sttweets
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found in the Chicago Botanical Garden, but rather common.

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Monarch (butterfly)

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Comments (6)
sttweets
LauraMaria was spot on with the stained glass. How can they fly so fast and easy with wings so fragile...
Ashish
I see a story telling images in your most spotting..want to tell something.. :)
sttweets
Haha thanks. I care about composition and presentation a lot. Glad it shows!
Ashish
Its good presentation, STTweets had good presentation sense...!! Thanks Laura for confirmation.
LauraMaria
Ashish is right, male monarch it is! Gorgeous photo, I love that first one. The wings with the sunlight coming through make me think of stained glass windows :) Beautiful butterflies and lovely composition!

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PublishedJune 22, 2011

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