Monarch - (Danaus plexippus)
Monarch (Danaus plexippus), Des Moines County, Iowa
Monarch (Danaus plexippus), Des Moines County, Iowa
Monarch (Danaus plexippus), Des Moines County, Iowa
Monarch butterfly in a residential garden, top and middle. The bottom image if from an open field at Big Hollow Recreation Area in Des Moines County, Iowa.

Details:

(Top & Middle) Canon EOS 10D,  shutter 1/180 second, aperture f8, ISO 400, Canon EF 100 mm macro lens.

(Bottom) Canon EOS 10D,  shutter 1/250 second, aperture f11, ISO 400, Canon EF 100 mm macro lens.
 

Selected References:

Brock Jim P., Kaufman Kenn. Butterflies of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. P 226-227.

Struttmann Jane M. USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. "Monarch  (Danaus plexippus)." Butterflies of North America / Butterflies of Iowa. < http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/ia/92.htm > (06 Aug. 2005).