While snow is falling elsewhere, we are having record high temperatures. That means some insects are still active, including this monarch butterfly on our desert milkweed plant.
She was fluttering around the plant and then landing here and there.
When she landed, she curled her abdomen. (I was taking the photographs from as far as way as possible with a doubler, so as not to disturb her.)
Any idea what she is doing?
This might give you a clue.
Yes, that white dot is an egg.
You can bet we’ll be watching our milkweed plant closely over the next few weeks to see what develops.
We planted our desert milkweeds for the butterflies. Do you have any butterfly plants in our yard?
