Insects and Spiders

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One Wing Looked Deformed

With this shot I could tell it was a male monarch but not sure what was wrong with that wing yet. It did not seem to be slowing it down any. It was hungry and feeding off the nectar.
Male Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)
SUNSET / BLOOD FLOWER Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias Curassavica)

monarch monarch butterfly butterfly orange butterfly butterfly attracting flowers Danaus plexippus garland texas milkweed SUNSET BLOOD FLOWER Scarlet Milkweed Asclepias Curassavica migration monarch migration fall migration pollinator nectar feeding eating tongue butterfly tongue pollinate pollinators tropical milkweed male monarch male butterfly scent glands pheromones crumpled wing close up outside my window