@wakelys thanks Susan… sometimes I just get lucky!
@monikozi You know I think you are right… it is a Queen but not a monarch… I must have misheard the volunteer at the butterfly house the other day… thanks for the clarification. I changed my title. This website tells the difference: https://www.wildflower.org/magazine/fauna/monarch-vs-queen
Oh, dear me! I had no idea they are different. It sounded funny to be both Queen and Monarch. I was trying to be funny by adding the Royal denomination :)
Frankly, i just thought it was the queen, like in bee hives, of a monarch butterflies collony (do such things even exist? Butterfly collonies?)
@monikozi I completely understand your humor but it did get me thinking… when I went online the two seem to be unique and different but I went back to the butterfly house this morning and the volunteer was calling them Queen Monarchs… when I asked about it she said they were closely related:)
Gorgeous shot!
@milaniet thanks Milanie… the beauty of sunlight falling in the right place… serendipity.
@casablanca thanks… I agree!
@radiogirl thanks Kathy.
@wakelys thanks Susan… sometimes I just get lucky!
@monikozi You know I think you are right… it is a Queen but not a monarch… I must have misheard the volunteer at the butterfly house the other day… thanks for the clarification. I changed my title. This website tells the difference: https://www.wildflower.org/magazine/fauna/monarch-vs-queen
@ljmanning thanks Laura.
@dutchothotmailcom thanks Esther.
@marlboromaam thanks Mags.
@loweygrace thanks Lois.
@365jgh thanks Judy… many of the butterfly shots were taken at Smith Gilbert Gardens which is not too far from home.
@koalagardens thanks Katrina.
@mittens thanks Marilyn.
@k9photo thanks Kate.
Frankly, i just thought it was the queen, like in bee hives, of a monarch butterflies collony (do such things even exist? Butterfly collonies?)
@vesna0210 thanks Vesna.