A wind chime in my backyard.
I took the following pictures of a butterfly in my backyard. My mom said that this is a Yellow Monarch. It is either feeding or laying eggs on this milkweed plant, which is consistent with Monarch butterflies. But as far as I can tell from searching on the internet Monarchs are usually orange. If this is, in fact, a Monarch, it may be on its springtime northward migration back to Canada (or starting an early southward migration?). It was hard to take these pictures as the butterfly kept moving from one plant to another and then between the spherical umbels (or the grouping of individual flowers that form an umbrella-shaped flower head). If you know the correct family of butterflies to which this one belongs, let me know. This sounds like a question for Marc and Teresa, so I might have to ask them.
3 comments:
Butterflies! I bet you put that up for Teresa- she likes kittens too, I've heard.
I can't wait to check out the flora and fauna in your background in a few weeks! I got a digital camera for my birthday, not sure if I told you. It is AWESOME.
And...I know this an earlier post but I'm really happy to see Tiff, her boyf, and Bryan with a Y! Ugh, you must have had a ridiculously awesome time. Wait, I mean, hooray! hehe
It's a Monarch or a Tawny Emperor butterfly. They're very similar.
P.S. This is for Pam. I'm allergic to cats. Can't say I like them all that much anymore. So sad.
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