Monarch butterfly caterpillar crawling on a milkweed seed pod

Caterpillar on a large seed pod, surrounded by leaves
Photo By/Credit
Gary Peeples/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
09/09/2025
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Monarch caterpillar on a milkweed plant at a pollinator garden at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Asheville Ecological Services Field Office, Asheville, N.C.
Facility
Asheville Ecological Services Field Office
Species
Danaus plexippus
Subject tags
Insects
Pollinators