Monarch Butterfly
Pictures

Two Monarch butterflies and flowers in garden on bank of the Lake Ontario in Toronto, Canada

Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Michoacan, Mexico

A monarch butterfly takes a well deserved break on the shores of Lake Superior in Minnesota on its northward return to Canada from Mexico.

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and chrysalis cocoon

Monarch butterfly larva hanging on a leaf

Monarch Butterfly

Monarch Butterfly on pink flower

The monarch butterfly is one of the more well-known lovely orange animals.

Butterflies don't bite because they don't have teeth.

Monarch Butterfly sipping nectar from a flower. The brightly-hued wings of the Monarch Butterfly act as a “warning sign” to deter hungry predators, as these butterflies are poisonous.

Much like birds so, the monarch makes a two-way migration — and it's the only butterfly known to do so. Using environmental cues, the monarchs know when it is time to travel south for the winter.