Photo of the Week: Monarch Butterfly on Butterfly Milkweed

Bright orange butterfly with black veins, a black border with white spots and black body has its wings outstretched as it perches on a cluster of small orange florets of a butterfly weed milkweed

I was thrilled to find a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) in my garden yesterday afternoon!

First monarch I’ve seen on the butterfly milkweed this year.

Butterfly milkweed is the host plant for the endangered monarch butterfly as well as a nectar source for other butterflies and bees.

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