This Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) was photographed in Yosemite National Park early one morning. The butterfly awakens and must wait to warm up before it can take flight. Without this fact, this butterfly would have been too wary to have ever let someone hold it.

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Yosemite Monarch

Yosemite Monarch

Copyright Barbara Samuelson 1997

This Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) was photographed in Yosemite National Park early one morning. The butterfly awakens and must wait to warm up before it can take flight. Without this fact, this butterfly would have been too wary to have ever let someone hold it.