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@fediverse_user 12 mo. ago

I had a beautiful garden visitor this morning — monarch butterfly on fall sunflowers. 🌻🦋

#gardening #flowers #butterfly #Colorado

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A beautiful monarch butterfly with orange, white, and black markings on its wings and body is browsing a bright yellow fall sunflower blooming among leafy greenery in a sunny morning garden, the butterfly’s wings partially closed as it browses for nectar.

The same monarch butterfly browsing on bright yellow fall sunflowers in the sunny morning garden, its wings wide open to catch the full sunlight showing its beautiful orange markings along the wings.

Another view of the beautiful monarch butterfly browsing on bright yellow fall sunflowers in the sunny morning garden, the butterfly seen from the side with its wings folded showing its colorful markings.

A final view of a beautiful orange, black, and white-marked monarch butterfly browsing on the open center of a fall sunflower, the flower’s bright yellow petals fully open in the sunshine on a crisp fall morning, with another open flower blurred in the foreground.

#colorado #butterfly #flowers #gardening

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