Stained Glass Butterfly by wysiwig

Photography • Animals • posted on Jul 24, 2011

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Description

Let me start by stating that yesterday’s posting of Plain Jane is not the caterpillar for tonight’s posting. I spent several hours trying to find a picture of the caterpillar on the Internet but was not successful so, for now, it remains unidentified. The Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is perhaps the best known of all North American butterflies. Since the 19th century, it has been found in New Zealand, and Australia where it is called the Wanderer. This is a male. The common name “Monarch” was first published in 1874 by Samuel H. Scudder because “it is one of the largest of our butterflies, and rules a vast domain”. Monarch butterflies are one of the few insects capable of making trans-Atlantic crossings. They are poisonous or distasteful to birds and mammals because of the presence of cardiac glycosides that are contained in milkweed consumed by the larva.

Comments (15)

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fallen21

3:52AM | Sun, 24 July 2011

Splendid macro!

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qrud

3:56AM | Sun, 24 July 2011

So impressive, amazing colourful scene.

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danapommet

4:28AM | Sun, 24 July 2011

Beautiful capture and wonderful detail. Dana

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JuliSonne

5:03AM | Sun, 24 July 2011

Oh, how beautiful!! One must be patient, so nice to have a butterfly in front of the lens. PERFECT!!!

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durleybeachbum

7:03AM | Sun, 24 July 2011

A terrific pic, Mark! The asters are lovely too.

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Faemike55

9:26AM | Sun, 24 July 2011

Fantastic macro, Mark great bit of information

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Feliciti

9:41AM | Sun, 24 July 2011

excellent macro shot of this Beauty !!!

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vaggabondd

12:06PM | Sun, 24 July 2011

trans-Atlantic crossings, wow that is amazing. this is a beautiful butterfly and capture my friend

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mariogiannecchini

1:11PM | Sun, 24 July 2011

Beautiful capture and butterfly !Beautiful shot !

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SIGMAWORLD

5:01PM | Sun, 24 July 2011

Sehr schönes Foto.

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npauling

9:11PM | Sun, 24 July 2011

A wonderful capture of this beautiful Monarch, they look so lovely in the garden. I have planted some milkweed plants here and hope to get more into my garden as they are so lovely.

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