Monarch Butterflies and a whole bunch of them

[Roland]

Every November, the monarchs arrive in Santa Cruz, CA to find a warm spot for the winter. During the night, the bunch up for heat and as soon as the sun warms them up, the search for milkweed. This was a waiting game to catch them in the sunlight but before the get warm enough to take off.

• ILCE-9M2
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 500.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/6400 sec
• ISO 5000

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Absolutely amazing how many of these emerge at once. A super rare species over here, there has only been one genuine sighting in my lifetime.

 

[Gaz]

I’d love to watch that sometime. We get Bogon moths in summer but they’re a fat grey moth, good eating, but not pretty!