Queen and Monarch Butterflies
Today I saw a Queen and Monarch butterflies flying around in my backyard, feeding on some dandelions. I took some pictures from my window. They were absolutely beautiful!
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| Monarch butterfly feeding on dandelion flower. |
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| Queen butterfly feeding on dandelion flower. |
The Queen butterfly stuck around a little bit longer, so I got another nice picture of it:
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| Queen butterfly feeding on dandelion flower. |
They looked so similar at first when I was taking pictures of them from my window. However, you can see the difference in the pictures above. The Monarch butterfly has darker, thicker, black veins on the inside and outside of its wings. The Queen butterfly has thinner black veins only on the outside of its wings. The Queen also has smaller white dots on the inside and outside of it's wings. Another difference to note is that it the Queen butterfly has more of a brown color, and the Monarch butterfly has more of an orange color to the wings.
