The Last Monarch ...

Seefutlung

... or maybe it's the first ... sorta hard to tell but I found this guy in the backyard with folded/wet wings sunning itself. I do have Milkweed so hopefully it was caught in the rain while laying some eggs.

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larger size is here:

http://www.garyayala.smugmug.com/gallery/665568/3/119505761

Gary

ysr612

Seefutlung wrote:

... or maybe it's the first ... sorta hard to tell but I found this guy in the backyard with folded/wet wings sunning itself. I do have Milkweed so hopefully it was caught in the rain while laying some eggs.

119505761-M.jpg

larger size is here:

http://www.garyayala.smugmug.com/gallery/665568/3/119505761

Gary

love it

I have been checking milkweed everytime I see it. This summer was the first time in several years I found a larva.

dbaker1221

great shot

Dick on Aruba

Very beautiful and detailled. Well done.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

Seefutlung

ysr612 wrote:

love it

I have been checking milkweed everytime I see it. This summer was the first time in several years I found a larva.

Thanks Ysr612. Same-o here ... cultivating Milkweed for a couple of years with no larva to show for it.

Gary

Seefutlung

dbaker1221 wrote:

great shot

Thanks dbaker. The fact that the Monarch wasn't going anywhere fast ... made it a whole lot easier.

Gary

Seefutlung

Dick on Aruba wrote:

Very beautiful and detailled. Well done.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.

Thanks Dick on Aruba
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