With all of the recent rain, I have not gotten out as much as I would have liked—today’s weather forecast noted that we have had rain during nine of the last ten days. So I decided to share another photo today of a Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) from my visit last Friday to Green Springs Garden.
In a previous posting entitled Monarchs at last, I showed Monarchs feeding on brightly-colored flowers. The background in today’s image is much more muted and the butterfly appeared to be relaxing rather than actively feeding. I love the way that you can see the butterfly’s curled-up proboscis from this angle, looking almost like a very large nose-ring—yeah, I imagine this to be a punk rock butterfly.
Have a wonderful Friday.
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It’s always good to see them, Mike.
Very nice Mike! Always fun to photograph Monarchs!
Another beauty. Punk rocker. I love it.
LOL, “a very large nose-ring”!!! Beautiful capture of a beautiful insect.
Thanks, Nina. I guess I have been seeing too many young people with nose-rings. I can understand earrings, but nothing could make me want to pierce any other parts of my body. 🙂