Thanks, Alan and Rick. Most head for one of my butterfly bushes or other nectar plants when released. They fuel up quite a bit before the migration
The generation that makes the migration lives about nine times as long as the normal generations. How they do that, and how they know where to fly is Mother Nature's mystery. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 9:02 PM Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very nice, Dan! > > Do they feed for a while before they head south, or pause along the way to > feed? > > Rick > > > On Oct 3, 2020, at 11:35 PM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > > > > Well done Dan & all the other "Monarch Whisperers" as Paul says. > > > > Alan C > > > > > > On 03-Oct-20 08:41 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> A closer view of the newly emerged male Monarch Butterfly. The black > oval > >> on the lower wing is a scent gland, found only on the male, that > produces > >> pheromones for attracting a mate. > >> > >> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/10/3/emergent > >> > >> F-5 IIs, smc DA 35 mm Macro F 2.8 limited > >> Comments, criticisms, and suggestions are invited and appreciated. > >> > >> Dan Matyola > >> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > >> <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
