They do resemble the Monarchs of North America. That is because they belong to the same genus, danaus.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 10:59 AM, Subash Jeyan <pdml.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > i just looked up tiger swallowtails and that is not what we have here. > > i was referring to the striped tiger: > http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/699/Danaus-genutia > > and a variation common plain tiger: > http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/744/Danaus-chrysippus > > > On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:53:12 -0400 > "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks, Subash. > > > > Monarchs are much different from Tiger Swallowtails, if that is what > > you have there. They migrate to Mexico on the East Coast of North > > America and to Central California on the West Coast, spend the winter > > there, and then fly North, spawning several generations before their > > descendants make the winter trip South again. > > > > Dan Matyola > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 7:58 AM, Subash Jeyan <pdml.l...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > very nice. looks a bit like the striped tigers found here... > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 7:09 PM Daniel J. Matyola > > > <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > My monarchs have emerged from their chrysalises. Most of it > > > > happened > > > while > > > > I was at work, but I did get to enjoy the first moments of their > > > > lives as butterflies. > > > > > > > > As I was releasing them from their cage, one settled on my hand. > > > > It was quite difficult to get a shot, since the camera was on the > > > > tripod, with > > > the > > > > 100 mm Macro, it was difficult to get it into position for an > > > > image of > > > the > > > > event. This is the best I could manage: > > > > > > > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas- > pesos/2018/7/17/in-hand > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
