Summer Garden

by Darren Fisher

Title

Summer Garden

Artist

Darren Fisher

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Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art

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A beautiful Monarch Butterfly on a white Cone Flower in our flower garden. I have used effects and textures to give the photo the look of a painting. This was captured in the late evening light with a shallow depth of field which helped give warmth and beautiful bokehs in the background.
The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. It may be the most familiar North American butterfly. The monarch butterfly is not currently listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) or protected specifically under U.S. domestic laws.[3] Its wings feature an easily recognizable orange and black pattern, with a wingspan of 8.9�10.2 cm (3��4 in).[4] (The viceroy butterfly is similar in color and pattern, but is markedly smaller, and has an extra black stripe across the hind wing.) Female monarchs have darker veins on their wings, and the males have a spot called the androconium in the center of each hind wing.[5] Males are also slightly larger than female monarchs.

The eastern North American monarch population is notable for its southward late summer/autumn migration from the United States and southern Canada to Mexico, covering thousands of miles. 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.

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July 14th, 2014

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