Monarch on Milkweed

It's been a lean summer for butterflies in our garden at home, so I stopped at the greenhouse after my weekly Saturday morning breakfast to see if there were more visiting the garden there. Of course, it's been "stocked" with a few things to *attract* butterflies for the enjoyment of the passersby on campus.

Monarch species pages—
» BAMONA, https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Danaus-plexippus
» BugGuide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/540

[Almost] this photo at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/paraman1/r/Apocynaceae_Asclepias_curassavica_124671.html

Species page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Asclepias_curassavica&rank=binomial

1 year ago (“Golden Gate Bridge”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2016-07-22
2 years ago (“Common milkweed”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-07-22
3 years ago (“Horace’s Duskywing”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-07-22
4 years ago (“Sorry! Another Orange Sulphur”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-07-22
5 years ago (“Eremnophila aureonotata (a type of ‘thread-waisted wasp’)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-07-22
6 years ago (“During”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-07-22

[ IMG_7091S675x900Atm :: f/7.1 :: 1/320" :: ISO-200 :: 154mm ]

[GaryW]

Such a goreous shot, Thom! We have had very few butterflies here as well. FAV

[Jane Anderson]

Very pretty!

[Joanna kate]

Beautiful, sharp shot

[Danette Thompson]

Iconic shot!

[Thom Mitchell]

@thewatersphotos @janeandcharlie @joannakate @danette Three favs on 8 views; thanks, everyone!