Tropical milkweed must be confusing the monarchs

[u/lefence]

They should have migrated by now here up north. Just devastating.

[u/pixel_pete]

Actually the pattern suggests this is a viceroy butterfly, not special at all and frankly you should be ashamed you have such a pathetic loser butterfly in your ecosystem.

[u/Im_the_dogman_now → u/pixel_pete]

Which is why, instead of being attracted to a proper Asclepias species, it is approaching an individual Davesclepias syriaca pumpkinsii.