Monarch Butterfly

I had a hard time catching this butterfly, but he finally settled on a weed on the side of the road while I was out for my walk.
One fascinating fact about the Monarch butterfly is that it is poisonous. Not to humans, but to predators such as frogs, grasshoppers, lizards, mice and birds. ... The Monarch absorbs and stores poison in its body when it is a caterpillar and eats the poisonous milkweed plant. (According to Wikipedia)

Thanks for stopping by your comments and favs are always appreciated!

[Mickey Anderson]

So pretty, the Milkweed is blooming here and they are starting to appear!!

[gloria jones]

Wonderful capture of details, colors

[Diana]

Fabulous shot and details, great info too.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Wonderful capture , and interesting info !

[RonM]

Lovely macro.

[Lou Ann]

A beautiful capture! Congratulations on your Hummingbird moth making the TT!

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful

[LManning (Laura)]

Very pretty shot and lovely edit.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

I love these

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful

[Carole Sandford]

Lovely capture!

[Peter Dulis]

Wonderful

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Elizabeth]

So pretty. I have some Monarchs flying through in my yard but they rarely settle on a leave or branch so they're impossible to catch.

[Islandgirl]

@redy4et Thank you.
It is so true it took me weeks of chasing them before I finally got a photo of one! Lol

[KV]

Beautiful!

[Dione Giorgio]

Fav. Brilliant capture.

[Kate]

a fine specimen of the species...good color and intact wings

[Harbie]

Great capture!

[Susie]

Neat capture

[Tunia McClure]

I have one that visits but moves too fast to capture. This is great.

[Pyrrhula]

A great close up of this beautiful butterfly.

[sarah]

Such a great shot !! So jelly 😉

[Ann H. LeFevre]

After all the migrating they have to do, using poison to ward off predators seems like nature's way of making up for that. They are hard to catch but you did a good job!