TNlightcatcher: Monarch Sipping Nectar
TNlightcatcher: Monarch on Milkweed
TNlightcatcher: Studying a Monarch
TNlightcatcher: Studying a Monarch (cropped)
TNlightcatcher: Monarch Butterflies Mating
TNlightcatcher: Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
TNlightcatcher: Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
TNlightcatcher: Milkweed - as you find them growing in an old field
TNlightcatcher: Milkweed Leaf
TNlightcatcher: Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Leaf
TNlightcatcher: Monarch Butterfly eggs
TNlightcatcher: Golden-eyed Lacewing
TNlightcatcher: Golden-eyed lacewing closeup.
TNlightcatcher: Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)
TNlightcatcher: Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)
TNlightcatcher: Monarch Butterfly Egg (wide view)
TNlightcatcher: Monarch Butterfly Egg (close up)
TNlightcatcher: Monarch Butterfly Egg (super close up)
TNlightcatcher: Monarch Butterfly Egg (super close up)
TNlightcatcher: Monarch Butterfly Egg (extreme close up)
TNlightcatcher: Monarch Butterfly Egg ready to hatch (close up)
TNlightcatcher: Extreme Close up of monarch egg (translucent - just before hatching.
TNlightcatcher: IMG_4650
TNlightcatcher: IMG_4643
TNlightcatcher: 1st instar larvae just hatch and about to finish eating the egg shell
TNlightcatcher: Monarch Butterfly Larvae (1st instar)
TNlightcatcher: 1st instar larvae
TNlightcatcher: 1st Instar larvae and the half eaten eggshell.
TNlightcatcher: A second instar larvae of the monarch butterfly
TNlightcatcher: Monarch Butterfly Larvae 2nd instar