#queen butterfly

[fatchance]

Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) visiting mulefat flowers (Baccharis salicifolia), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.

[og-ciel]

[best-bug-tourney]

Best Bug Tourney Round 2 Poll 5

which is the best bug?

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus)

Voting ended onMay 24

Monarch butterfly propaganda:

Famous for its long long migration. Also famous for its connection to the Day of the Dead. Caterpillar image: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Monarch_Butterfly_Danaus_plexippus_Vertical_Caterpillar_2000px.jpg

Queen butterfly propaganda:

Caterpillar image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Caterpillar_(36591905866).jpg

[bone-free-as-the-wind]

Saw a Queen butterfly caterpillar for the first time. The 6 red horns!

(Photo by S Suzuki-Martinez)

[silven-07]

Helia - Lonely Star Ball

Here I present to you my favourite Butterfly, the magic itself! 💛

She looks very smol, but she is the most powerful creature that have ever existed heheheh

Helia belongs to J

[comparativeoracle]

Queen Butterfly. Art by Mia Bosna, from the Journey To Rewilding.

Thanks to pollinators for our food and flowers! Butterflies, bees, and other insects help us to have the dietary staples that we enjoy, like squash, blueberries and a long list of other favorite foods. There are tons of very simple ways to care for a property or garden without causing harm to pollinators and sentient beings in the soil. Our lives and all living creatures depend on us to be creative and resourceful to find these solutions. Be a creative explorer and leave light footprints and appreciation for these pollinators.

[thedemonlady]

Lady of Onix Brilliance: QUEEN BUTTERFLY

[grammarlymcflurry]

Bam!! Second pride arthropod illustration! Today we have Danaus gilippus and the bisexual flag. This butterfly was quite difficult for me to draw—I’m used to the legs and segments of creepier crawlies, my favored arthropods. This one was requested by a friend in real life since I don’t seem to be getting any requests here on Tumblr. Please request! Don’t be scared to talk to Grammarly. Anyways, ALT image without text and a species description is below the cut!

Danaus gilippus, commonly known as the queen butterfly, is a species of butterfly found in both North and South American regions. You can find these just about everywhere—marshes, deserts, forests, and many other areas. These butterflies are often confused with Danaus plexippus, or the monarch butterfly, the queen butterfly’s more well-known relative. Both species are milkweed butterflies, meaning they lay eggs on milkweed plants and eat them as caterpillars, which causes their flavor to be quite undesired to potential predators. Like all of the arthropods I will be featuring this month, the queen butterfly has displayed homosexual behaviors before. In fact, butterflies are one of the most common types of insect to have such drives. Perhaps I should have given this butterfly the lesbian flag; female butterflies of various species often have sexual interactions with other females. This behavior is observed much more in butterflies than other arthropods. Still, butterflies seem to have no preference. They just want whoever gives the best sex. Bisexual butterflies for the win!!