Monarch Long Sleeve T-Shirt

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The eastern population of the monarch butterfly is in decline and fewer butterflies make it to their overwintering grounds in Mexico. I found this lone larva feeding on the leaves of a seedling of Asclepias syriaca, the common milkweed. Of hundreds of milkweeds around our pond, this was the only one that I could find. Hopefully, this one makes it to adulthood and migrates successfully.

Jim Zablotny is a natural historian, entomologist, and nature photographer from Fenton, Michigan. His present work emphasizes color, detail, and bold composition of natural subjects. His artistic endeavors included scientific illustration, and presently nature photography with subjects ranging from macro photographs of insects and wildflowers, to birds, reptiles,amphibians, and mammals. Many of his newer images are photographs of the living things found in endangered habitats like prairies, and fens. Jim is a regular participant on the Nature Photographers Network (http://www.naturephotographers.net/enter.html) and has earned Editor's picks for weekly and monthly presentations for his macro-photography of insects and wildflowers. One...