The Survivor 7362 - a photo on Flickriver

The Survivor 7362

            I held my breath for almost two days hoping this special guy would make it. The Monarch pupa stage endured a ridiculous 100-degree 2-day heat wave, the weather cooled down and then went to cold. He came out the afternoon of the cooldown. Actually, he surprised me on my doorstep, hanging on a potted plant. I had no idea where he came from, but finally found the shell of the pupa on the backside of the plant. His entry to the butterfly stage shouldn't start this way. He just hung all day yesterday in the cold. It was clear he wasn't ready to fly, and I finally moved him a few feet from the potted plant onto the milkweed, hoping he'd take a drink or two and get some strength into his wings. He made it through the night, and I prayed today's sun would get to him in time. At last, wing beats, movement, a few slurps and away he went. Not without a couple of circles around the yard and a salute goodbye. An absolutely incredible and very emotional moment.

How do we know it's a male Monarch? It's on the hind wing, a spot, shows much better topside. Looks more like a smudge from the underside here. I marked it on the image.

Taken in: United States / California / Ontario (show map)

Taken on: April 11, 2022

Tags:

Danaus plexippus

Monarch

back yard

butterfly

insect

macro

milkweed

pupa

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Sets appears in: • Macro Insects, Spiders and Flowers

Groups appears in: • Born Free, Living Free • BORN to be WILD more » • !* FLOWERS & VISITORS >living things< NO SINGLE FLOWERS! A2 • Inland Empire F-Stoppers • in explore « less

Camera: Sony ILCE-9M2, f/8.0, 1/125 sec, 90mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-9M2
Lens:	FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	90mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.2 (Windows)
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