A monarch spreads its wings beside two open milkweed pods, as silky seeds drift above broad leaves.

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Monarch and Milkweed Seed Pods

A monarch spreads its wings beside two open milkweed pods, as silky seeds drift above broad leaves.

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Orange wings beside opening seed pods

Keep the fine seed silk white against warm pod rims and seeds.

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Orange butterfly beside two tan split pods with brown seeds and white silk, among green leaves; four brown seeds float in white space. — Background shrubs, grass, ground and sky stay white. Follow the fine silk from each seed without thickening its lines.

1. Warm orange · wing panels
2. Sage green · leaves and stems
3. Tan · pod shells
4. Warm brown · seeds

Color the large inner panels of all four wings orange; leave small border spots and abdominal segments white and keep black markings.
Fill the milkweed’s broad leaves and main and branch stems green.
Color the outside and rims of both split pods tan; fibrous interiors stay white.
Color all oval seeds brown, including four floating ones; leave their silky tufts white.

Background shrubs, grass, ground and sky stay white. Follow the fine silk from each seed without thickening its lines.

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