Viceroy butterfly
I'm glad this viceroy
couldn't hear my thoughts as I rushed inside after the camera.
"Another monarch! How exciting! I wonder if their populations
are on the rebound this year?"
Of course, if you enroll
in the witness protection program (aka practice Mullerian
mimicry), I guess
you want to be mistaken for someone else?
I should have realized
that our habitat is just right for viceroys --- full of willows to host
their caterpillars --- and less prime for monarchs. I find it
hard to complain about this beautiful insect's identity when he opens
his wings and the light shines through like sun in a stained glass
window.
Our chicken waterer makes the perfect gift for
the homesteader who's sick of poopy chores.
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