A Monarch and her Lavender
by Darren Fisher
Title
A Monarch and her Lavender
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A beautiful Monarch butterfly captured while enjoying some fresh Lavender. I have used textures and effects to enhance this piece and make it look like a painting. This will be stunning in any room of your home, office or even the lobby of a business.
The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. It may be the most familiar North American butterfly. Its wings feature an easily recognizable orange and black pattern, with a wingspan of 8.9�10.2 cm (3��4 in)[3] The viceroy butterfly appears similar in color and pattern, but is markedly smaller and has an extra black stripe across the hind wing.
The eastern North American monarch population is notable for its annual southward late-summer/autumn migration from the United States and southern Canada to Mexico. During the fall migration, it covers thousands of miles, with a corresponding multi-generational return North. The western North American population of monarchs west of the Rocky Mountains most often migrate to sites in California but have been found in overwintering Mexico sites. Monarchs were transported to the International Space Station and were bred there.
Commonly and easily mistaken for the similar viceroy butterfly, the monarch�s wingspan ranges from 8.9 to 10.2 centimetres (3.5�4.0 in). The upper side of the wings is tawny-orange, the veins and margins are black, and in the margins are two series of small white spots. The forewings also have a few orange spots near the tip. The underside is similar, but the tip of the forewing and hindwing are yellow-brown instead of tawny-orange and the white spots are larger.The shape and color of the wings change at the beginning of the migration and appear redder and more elongated than later migrants.[8] Wings size and shape differ between migratory and non-migratory monarchs. Monarchs from the eastern population of North America have larger and more angular forewings than those in the western populat
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August 28th, 2015
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