Monarch butterfly on Green Leaves

A male monarch butterfly about to take off after having a rest in this shaded cluster of green leaves. He was one of two that I saw, both very frenetically flying around and zipping from flower to flower.

Monarch on Purple Coneflower

A beautiful male monarch butterfly with wide open wings feeding from the nectar of a purple coneflower with a green grass background.

Monarch Male and Purple Coneflowers

A male monarch butterfly that is starting to show wear and tear with opened wings on a purple coneflower with green grass background.

Monarch Butterfly on Pink Butterfly Bush Flower

A monarch butterfly feeding on a pink buddleia flower.

Monarch butterfly on Pink Buddleia

My first butterfly sighting for this year - a beautiful fresh monarch flitting from flower to flower on a buddleia bush.

Monarch in a Zinnia Garden

A beautiful monarch butterfly feeding on the nectar of a deep pink blossom in a zinnia garden in northern New Jersey.

Monarch butterfly in Zinnia Patch

A beautiful monarch butterfly having a nectar feast in a patch of colorful blooming zinnias in aNew Jersey farm garden

Nectaring Monarch on Butterfly Weed

A close up view of a Monarch butterfly as it sips the nectar of an orange butterfly weed flower with a green grass background. Photographed in the New Jersey Meadowlands.

Monarch on Orange Gold Zinnia

A vertical format view of a monarch butterfly feeding on the nectar of an orange and gold zinnia flower.

Monarch Butterfly and Orange butterfly Weed

A close up view of a Monarch butterfly that is enjoying the nectar of a colorful orange Butterfly Weed flower. Many butterflies, but particularly monarchs, are attracted to these colorful flowers as a source of food.

Monarch Butterfly on Oxeye Sunflower.,

A monarch butterfly with open wings feeding on a yellow oxeye sunflower (false sunflower) in the New Jersey Meadowlands.

Monarch Butterfly October

A close up macro view of a fresh bright Monarch Butterfly on a white butterfly bush flower in the New Jersey Meadowlands.

Autumn Leaves and Raindrops

A view of a fesh new Monarch butterfly nectaring on a purple butterfly bush flower in the New Jersey Meadowlands early in October.

Monarch butterfly

A close up view of a Monarch butterfly on a purple butterfly bush flower with a muted green shrub background.

Monarch Butterfly

A beautiful new Monarch butterfly framed against a blue sky, nectaring on a purple butterfly bush flower. This image was taken at Richard W. DeKorte Park in the New Jersey Meadowlands.