Mating Monarchs

“Cherish every moment with those you love at every stage of your journey.”

—Jack Layton

[Kate]

Love your pov

[Diana]

Wonderful capture and quote.

[Peter Dulis]

Wonderful

[Kerry McCarthy]

Nice catch!

[Bucktree]

Excellent capture.

[Mags]

Marvelous capture!

[Cliff McFarlane]

Totally agree. Lovely image

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wow, great catch.

[Thom Mitchell]

Wow — this is a treasure! And the Black-eyed Susans complete the image!

[Shutterbug]

Nice spotting and capture.

[PhotoCrazy]

Wonderful pic!

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely capture

[Susan Wakely]

So lovely.

[Dave]

Your photos of butterflies continue to astound

[Margaret Brown]

Beautiful colours and capture

[Beverley]

Beautiful

[Judith Johnson]

A magical moment, beautifully captured

[Paula Fontanini]

Gorgeous colors & excellent detail!

[Rob Z]

Just beautiful

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful

[Heather]

Ooh wow! What a moment you have captured here, KV! And such a pretty shot of the monarchs amid the yellow black-eyed-susans! Fav! (I have seen only a couple of monarchs this summer- I don't know where they are- maybe hanging out in Georgia :-)

[LManning (Laura)]

Wonderful!

[Carole Sandford]

Great catch!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

great to know the next generation is on the way! good catch!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Birds do it, bees do it, even educated butterflies do it.
Nice capture!

[Dorothy]

Wonderful!

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

Nice catch

[Jane Pittenger]

That’s how they do it?

[eDorre]

Lovely

[haskar]

Great timing and lovely shot.

[Renee Salamon]

Amazing capture

[KV]

@jgpittenger yep… pretty much. More info here: https://monarchjointventure.org/monarch-biology/reproduction#:~:text=When%20monarchs%20mate%2C%20the%20male,take%20up%20to%2016%20hours.

[Corinne C]

Your butterfly series is wonderful