Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES #108, 2 by vitrsna

vitrsna wrote:
Oh, BCH...a male Monarch will try to mate with a telephone pole if that is the only thing around. Let's just say they have a strong life force to reproduce and are willing to experiment. A few years ago i had an adult male Monarch trying to inseminate a Giant Swallowtail PUPA that was on the wall and in position for making a chrysalis. I caught that rascal at it twice...no doubt about what he was doing. Here are a couple of long-tail skippers nectaring on Asclepias c. and Senecio c.