Scientific Name: Danaus plexippus
Family: Nymphalidae
Native Range:
Size: Medium, 10 – 15 mm (0.4 – 0.6 in)*
Active: Early spring – late fall*
Color and Appearance:
August 13, 2020: As I was starting dinner on August 5, I looked out the window and saw a monarch pausing to lay an egg on the leaf of our common milkweed. My camera did not get a very clear picture, but it is there. A week later the egg is gone, and there is some evidence of munching on neighboring leaves. I couldn’t find the caterpillar, but he or she may be hiding.
Monarch Butterfly on Butterfly Milkweed 
Monarch Butterfly on Cup Plant 
Monarch Butterfly on Cup Plant 
Left-most White Dot is Monarch Egg on Common Milkweed Leaf 
Monarch on Joe Pye Weed 
Monarch on Swamp Milkweed 
Monarch on Swamp Milkweed