Robert Gonzalez wrote: > Not a Monarch. Would have to look it up though. > > Beautiful image BTW, what camera, lens, settings, etc. did you use? > > Thomas Haller wrote: > > Hey does anyone know what kind of Monarch butterfly this is? It's been > > hanging around my yard. I've never seen a wing pattern like this... > > > > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/TPHaller/butterfly520_small.jpg > > > > Any Monarch experts on board? > > > > - THaller > > > >
Looked like a polyphemus moth to me at first -- thanks to whoever put the Butterfly "field guide" link to point out the buckeye - annsan p.s. The hard one for me is the difference between Viceroys and Monarchs (sometimes difficult with humans as well:) )
