Monarch or Viceroy?
Aug 21, 2018 01:48:56 #
This shows how to tell the difference. Top one is a Viceroy Butterfly. Bottom is a Monarch. The most notable sign is the Viceroy has lines across the bottom wings. The Monarch does not. Took both these at the same area last week.
Aug 21, 2018 04:35:10 #
Aug 22, 2018 07:16:19 #
I also just recently learned that the monarchs with the two spots on their lower wings- like your fine image- are the males. The females do not have the spots
Aug 22, 2018 07:52:38 #
Good captures and a great illustration of the classic textbook example of protective mimicry. The Monarch's diet of extremely bitter Milkweed makes them unpalatable to birds. The Viceroy has a different diet and would taste just fine but birds have learned to stay away from that color pattern.
Aug 22, 2018 07:57:26 #
Aug 22, 2018 09:21:17 #
Grannysweet wrote:
This shows how to tell the difference. Top one is a Viceroy Butterfly. Bottom is a Monarch. The most notable sign is the Viceroy has lines across the bottom wings. The Monarch does not. Took both these at the same area last week.
Beautiful Monarch set
Aug 23, 2018 00:57:19 #
plessner wrote:
I also just recently learned that the monarchs with the two spots on their lower wings- like your fine image- are the males. The females do not have the spots
I did not know that... Thanks.
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