Monarch #2 by goodoleboy

Photography • Insects • posted on Mar 09, 2017

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Description

A large migratory orange and black butterfly that occurs mainly in North America. The caterpillar feeds on milkweed, using the toxins in the plant to render both itself and the adult unpalatable to predators. Captured way back on 5/3/07, at the pretty Butterfly Pavilion, adjacent to the beautiful Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, California. Fortunately or unfortunately, in zeroing in focus-wise on the head and thorax of this loverly creature, left much else a veritable blur.