A Close Up

A fellow monarch fan, and Portland photographer Peter Schütte offered to touch up some of my photos of the eggs and caterpillars. Here is a photo he enhanced so you can see the tiny little monarch egg better. The high contrast of the Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is a dramatic backdrop for the incredibly small egg.

For reference, the flower buds are about the size of a match head.

Thank you Peter!