Visiting a Stenotus (acaulis?)
Frequent along the trails at about 9,000 feet. Small, about 1/2 inch resting with folded wings.
Same butterfly in all shots, sun on vs sun thru.
Steven’s Gulch Loop trail
Is this a first instar monarch? It’s on my milkweed!
adjacent to and on north side of Hwy 491, 3 miles NW of Dove Creek, Co. In 1/2-1 acre patch of sagebrush and Castilleja sp.