St. Clair Co., MI
7 July 2012
St. Clair Co., MI
7 July 2012
St. Clair Co., MI
7 July 2012
The most famous butterfly in North America, the Monarch migrates into NC each spring, lays eggs on milkweeds (Asclepias spp.), completes its life cycle, and a new generation migrates back south in the fall. Monarchs generally first appear in April and may be seen as late as Nov or December, especially along the coast. A few may be found overwintering along the immediate southern NC coast, although this is not their normal habit of the population.
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) St. Clair Co., MI 7 July 2012 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Lake Itasca, Clearwater Co., MN 10 Aug 2024 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC 15 Oct 2018 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Chatham Co., NC 24 Sep 2005 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Duke Gardens, Durham, NC 17 Aug 2014 |
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| Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Durham Co., NC 5 Oct 2014 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Durham Co., NC 13 Oct 2014 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Blue Ridge Pkwy, Watauga Co., NC 23 Aug 2016 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Big Pine Key, Monroe Co., FL 11 Feb 2015 |
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Monarchs look superficially similar to Viceroys, but the latter species has an extra black stripe going through the middle of the wings. Note also that Monarchs are larger, and they glide with their wings in a dihedral, or "V" shape, while Viceroys glide on flat wings (held straight out from the body on the same plane). Washington Co., NC21 June 2003 |
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| Monarch (Danaus plexippus) New Hanover Co., NC 27 Aug 2005 |
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Durham Co., NC 20 Aug 2005 |
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| Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Craven Co., NC 26 Aug 2007 |
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 24 Oct 2014 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Pea Island NWR, Dare Co., NC 17 Oct 2019 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC 2 Oct 2018 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus), mated pair Bogue Banks, Carteret Co., NC 27 Oct 2017 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Bogue Banks, Carteret Co., NC 27 Oct 2017 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Pea Island NWR, Dare Co., NC 22 Oct 2017 |
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| Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Pea Island NWR, Dare Co., NC 22 Oct 2017 |
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Pea Island NWR, Dare Co., NC 22 Oct 2017 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 18 Oct 2020 |
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| Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Jordan Lake, Chatham Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 |
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) New Hanover Co., NC 2 Oct 2011 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Brumley Nature Preserve, Orange Co., NC 19 Sep 2023 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Pea Island NWR, Dare Co., NC 21 Oct 2023 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Moses Cone, Watauga Co., NC 6 Oct 2023 |
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| Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Blue Ridge Pkwy, Alleghany Co., NC 24 Aug 2016 |
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Moses Cone, Watauga Co., NC 6 Oct 2023 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Wilkes Co., NC 23 May 2023 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Holly Shelter GL, Pender Co., NC 11 Apr 2023 At this date and locaation with this amount of fading, this is surely a returning migrant! |
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| Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Lake Itasca, Clearwater Co., MN 10 Aug 2024 |
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Jordanelle Wetlands, UT 14 July 2014 |
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| Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 2 Aug 2014 |
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 27 Aug 2015 |
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| Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Muscatatuck NWR, Jackson Co., IN 27 July 2015 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Muscatatuck NWR, Jackson Co., IN 27 July 2015 Monarch ovipositing on Swamp Milkweed |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Kankakee Sands, Newton Co., IN 30 July 2015 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Kankakee Sands, Newton Co., IN 30 July 2015 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Eagle Lakes, Naples, Collier Co., FL 2 Feb 2016 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Naples Botanical Garden Butterfly House, Collier Co., FL 8 Mar 2017 |
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| Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Naples Botanical Garden Butterfly House, Collier Co., FL 8 Mar 2017 |
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Matheson Hammock Park, Miami-Dade Co., FL 17 Sep 2016 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) San Bernard NWR, Brazoria Co., TX 24 Mar 2018 Nectaring on Pyrrhopappus |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Brazoria NWR, Brazoria Co., TX 30 Mar 2018 Nectaring on Asclepias linearis |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico 14 Dec 2023 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Murphy's Point Provincial Park, Lanark Co., Ontario 12 July 2018 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Kankakee Sands, Newton Co., IN 30 July 2015 Ovipositing on Common Milkweed |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) egg Brazoria Co., TX 23 Mar 2018 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) egg Kankakee Sands, Newton Co., IN 30 July 2015 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Alamance Co., NC 5 Sep 2020 3rd instar (I believe) with recently shed "skin" |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Kankakee Sands, Newton Co., IN 30 July 2015 Perhaps a second instar. |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Kankakee Sands, Newton Co., IN 30 July 2015 Perhaps a fourth instar. |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar Dutchess Co., NY 4 Aug 2008 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Chatham Co., NC 24 Sep 2005 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) same individual |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) On Asclepias curassavica St. Petersburg, FL 27 Dec 2006 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Gatineau, Quebec 15 July 2018 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Lanark Co., Ontario 13 July 2018 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Buncombe Co., NC 8 July 2006 Looks like this chrysalis fell victim to predation |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) sipping nectar from its host plant, Common Milkweek (Asclepias syriaca) Avery Co., NC26 July 2006 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) nectaring on thistle (Cirsium sp.) Lubken Canyon, Inyo Co., CA19 July 2008 |
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Chatham Co., NC 22 Sep 2013 Nectaring on Bidens |
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