13th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar
As a family activity my family collects milkweed seeds to use to propagate monarch butterfly habitat. We look for fields with patches of the mature milkweed plants and make it a family outing. We pack a picnic and bring our cameras. After a whole season this was the first of only two monarch caterpillars I saw. Suburbia and urban sprawl in our area are crowding the monarchs out.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 08.2015 |
Date Uploaded: | 12.2015 |
Photo Location: | Sanatoga, Pennsylvania, United States of America |
Camera: | Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT |
Copyright: | © Darrah Leffler |