Wordless Wednesday: Viceroy Butterfly
Almost wordless: I thought I had spotted my first Monarch of the season but a closer look revealed this to be a Viceroy, a Monarch mimic. They are slightly smaller and have a black line running across the veins on the hindwing.
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Interesting. I had no idea there were so many kinds of butterflies!
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Well done! I’m waiting for my new camera to arrive so I snap some birds and butterflies again.
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Oh how I love butterflies!
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I thought Monarch too. I did come across a migrating group of about 100 a couple of years ago. Nice shot.
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Lovely photo!
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Beautiful all the same!
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Wow! This is beautiful!
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Beautiful!
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How pretty!
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Gorgeous. I was fascinated by butterflies as a kid, and decided the viceroy was my favourite (because it was a great pretender).
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Isn’t that gorgeous?! I would have thought itwas a monarch, too (even though I grow plants specifically to attract monarchs).
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I don’t often see these (Viceroys), but I did have a female Monarch laying eggs on the swamp milkweed in the backyard the other day. Here’s hoping this is a good butterfly year.
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