The yellow flowers were all waving “Good Morning” to me, so I raced out to photograph them at their loveliest. We have some white, some black, and some yellow butterflies – not many, really – but seldom do we see a patterned one. This one flew into the viewfinder, so I snapped him up!
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What a beauty. So nice to see 🙂
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I thanked him kindly for stopping by! ;->
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That one I know. It’s a female Monarch, and is probably on it’s way to central Mexico for the winter. The male has larger black areas on the wing tips with white spots in the black.
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I thought it might be a Monarch, but was too lazy to look it up. Also, I thought they always traveled in big groups/flocks – what does one call a big bunch of butterflies anyway? Maybe she just stopped to smell the flowers and got left behind.
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Oops. I just learned that Monarchs west of the Rockies hibernate in Pacific Grove, CA, or in-place if in Southern CA or other places that stay warm year around. I do remember them in Pacific Grove, since it was very close to our home in Scotts Valley.
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I remember seeing pictures of huge numbers of them when we lived in California.
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Nice snap!!
Craig Sheumaker 916-601-5007
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Thanks! ;->
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I think that’s a Queen butterfly, not a Monarch.
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