Monarch videos

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Monarch photos

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A monarch butterfly sips nectar from a swamp milkweed flower
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A monarch butterfly sipping nectar from swamp milkweed.
Orange and black butterflies hang in a group on a tree.
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Monarch butterflies roosting in a tree.
Two monarch butterflies sip nectar from a blooming blazing star plant
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Two monarch butterflies sipping nectar from blooming blazing star.
Monarch butterfly sipping nectar from a purple coneflower
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A monarch butterfly sipping nectar from a purple coneflower.
A tagged monarch butterfly on a yellow flower
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A tagged monarch butterfly on a flower.
A monarch butterfly sips nectar from a swamp milkweed flower
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A monarch butterfly sipping nectar from blooming swamp milkweed.
More than a dozen monarch butterflies roost on an oak tree
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Monarch butterflies roosting in an oak tree.
Monarch butterfly sips nectar from showy milkweed
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A monarch butterfly sips nectar from showy milkweed.
A monarch butterfly on a common milkweed flower
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A monarch butterfly on a common milkweed flower.
A monarch chrysalis
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A monarch chrysalis nearing eclosure.
A monarch caterpillar munching on a milkweed leaf
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A monarch caterpillar munching on a milkweed leaf.

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Monarch migration map

Map displaying the North American monarch butterfly range. There are two monarch butterfly populations in North America - eastern (east of the Rocky Mountains) and western (west of the Rocky Mountains). The eastern population overwinters in central Mexico and breeds throughout the United States and southern Canada. The western population overwinters along the California coast and breeds across the western states and southern Canada.
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