Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar Eating Tropical Milkweed

by Sharon McConnell

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Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar Eating Tropical Milkweed

Artist

Sharon McConnell

Medium

Photograph - Digital Art, Photography, Digital Textures, Photo Painting,

Description

The Monarch Butterfly, biologically known as Danaus Plexppus, is a milkweed butterfly. To attract the Monarch to my garden, I planted a tropical milkweed plant. Mid summer I was delighted to see this beautiful Monarch caterpillar enjoying lunch on a flower of the milkweed plant! I considered this a gift from God as I had three days to thoroughly enjoy watching and photographing this and two other caterpillars in my garden. They consumed most of the plant, then must have moved on. I think I'll add a couple more plants next year in hopes of attracting more!

I added digital textures and photo painting to my original image to create this painterly canvas appearance. I have the pure photo and a black and white version also available in my Butterfly Collection. Photo image captured in central Ohio, USA.

Copyright 2020 Sharon McConnell, all rights reserved.
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July 27th, 2020

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