A monarch butterfly rests on a cluster of milkweed flowers.

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Monarch on Milkweed

A monarch butterfly rests on a cluster of milkweed flowers. The butterfly is shown from the side, with broad wing panels and a dotted border above the small flowers and veined leaves.

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Orange wings and rose milkweed flowers

Separate the open flowers’ white centers from their rose petals.

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Orange butterfly with black veins and white spots on rose milkweed flowers with white centers, green leaves and stems. — Keep all gaps and background white. Compare the large upper flower cluster with the smaller lower one.

1. Warm orange · wing panels
2. Dusty rose · petals and buds
3. Soft green · leaves and stalks

Color the large inner wing panels orange; preserve black veins and all small white border and body spots.
Fill flower petals and every unopened oval bud dusty rose; leave the layered centers of open flowers white.
Color every broad leaf, stem and fine flower stalk green.

Keep all gaps and background white. Compare the large upper flower cluster with the smaller lower one.

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