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Is It a Good Year For Monarchs?

July 5th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

I know nothing about them, but see many in the garden. But as soon as I ran in the house and got the camera, they got scarce! Take a peek:

[Update – see, like I said, I know nothing! My friend Scott Olson advises that this is not a monarch, but an  Eastern Tiger Swallowtail! Hahaahha! But that’s one of the beauties of life (and the intertubes) – constant learning!

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  1. Scott Olson
    July 5th, 2012 at 16:52 | #1
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    I think that’s an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Bill: http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-glaucus and here: http://bit.ly/NEpTLO

    See Monarches here: http://bit.ly/LRPmW5

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