Monarch Butterflies — Their Beauty Doesn’t Need Words (October 3, 2021) — Images by kenne
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Monarch Butterflies — Their Beauty Doesn’t Need Words 3 comments
Is It A Queen Or Monarch Butterfly? Leave a comment
Is It A Queen Or Monarch Butterfly? May Guess, Queen. — Image by kenne
Similar, to monarchs, queens (Danaus gilippus thersippus) migrate in and out of the desert southwest.
Unlike monarchs, queens can be abundantly common in the desert southwest of central to SE Arizona west to California.
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Butterfly Royalty Leave a comment
Butterfly Royalty — Photo-Artistry by kenne
I say it’s a monarch
you say it’s a queen.
Either way,
both are beautiful
and butterfly royalty.
— kenne
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We Are Like Butterflies Leave a comment
Monarch Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
–Carl Sagan
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Monarch Butterfly Leave a comment
Monarch Butterfly — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Just living is not enough,”
said the butterfly,
“one must have sunshine,
freedom and a little flower.”
— Hans Christian Andersen
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Few Monarchs, But Plenty Of Queens 3 comments
Queen Butterfly — Image by kenne
With butterfly migration going on, we don’t see a lot of the beautiful Monarchs, but we do see a lot of Queens, which are often confused with the Monarch. Basically, the Queen shares a Müllerian mimicry with the Monarch.
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There’s A Queen In Sabino Canyon, Lot’s Of Them 2 comments
There are a lot of them this time of year in the canyon — the smaller, darker relative of the Monarch Butterfly.
Images by kenne
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Becoming is Superior to Being 