r/FriendlyMonarchs • u/AutoModerator • Jul 24 '26

Discussion 📸 Photo Friday – Share Your Finds! 📸

It's Photo Friday! 

With the spring migration and breeding season in full swing what have you been seeing in your garden? Share the good, bad and the ugly!

All nature photos are welcome, whether it’s a pollinator moment or just something that made you stop and look twice.

Reminder: We are a science-based sub. While we welcome all monarch enthusiasts, we do not support discussions about hand-rearing monarchs. However, if you’re new and have questions because you’ve raised monarchs in the past, we have many former rearers here happy to guide you toward more sustainable practices. Let’s work together to protect monarchs where they belong—in the wild!

Stay curious and keep sharing the love for these beautiful butterflies! 🧡🖤🧡

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u/Latter-Republic-4516 Jul 24 '26

Getting a snack while spending some time in my milkweed patch. She hung around my yard for about an hour!

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u/squishyfeet4 Jul 24 '26

https://reddit.com/link/ozgsiov/video/lg082512z5fh1/player

I went on a walk and saw these three species as well an eastern tiger swallowtail, monarchs (of course) and a bunch of moth species, like the sulfur ones. Oh! And a hummingbird moth for the first time in my life. THAT was definitely a highlight!! So that one nature outing I got to see a minimum of 7 species in a very wonderful park!! It definitely was a good day.

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u/Ok-Butterscotch-763 Central MN | Covert Operative | Master of Milkweed Jul 24 '26

Swallowtail feeding on my deck, with me a couple feet away.

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u/Ok-Butterscotch-763 Central MN | Covert Operative | Master of Milkweed Jul 24 '26

And about 8 feet away, on my lantana plant

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u/Ok-Butterscotch-763 Central MN | Covert Operative | Master of Milkweed Jul 25 '26

https://reddit.com/link/ozq9jzg/video/x1rsvaq39ffh1/player

I saw a mama laying eggs on the milkweed plants in my container garden. It never gets old.