Queen (Danaus gilippus)

A rare migrant from farther south, Queens have been found several times along the NC coast, including a colony that occasionally appears to start up and die out around Fort Fisher. Will Cook and I found one of the first ones at Ft. Fisher in 1995!
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Collier Co., FL
31 Dec 2006

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Naples Butterfly House, Collier Co., FL
26 Dec 2013

Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Matheson Hammock Park, Miami-Dade Co., FL
17 Sep 2016

Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Matheson Hammock Park, Miami-Dade Co., FL
17 Sep 2016

Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Matheson Hammock Park, Miami-Dade Co., FL
17 Sep 2016

Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade Co., FL
17 Sep 2016

Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Matheson Hammock Park, Miami-Dade Co., FL
17 Sep 2016
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Matheson Hammock Park, Miami-Dade Co., FL
17 Sep 2016

Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Collier-Seminole State Park, collier Co., FL
26 Dec 2012

Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Collier Co., FL
23 Dec 2013


Below are Queens from Texas
Queen (Danaus gilippus thersippus)
National Butterfly Center, Hidalgo Co., TX
1 May 2018
Queen (Danaus gilippus thersippus)
National Butterfly Center, Hidalgo Co., TX
1 May 2018

Queen (Danaus gilippus thersippus) mated pair
National Butterfly Center, Hidalgo Co., TX
1 May 2018

Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Queen (Danaus gilippus thersippus)
Hidalgo Co., TX
14 Oct 2004


Below are Queens from Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Queen (Danaus gilippus thersippus)
Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico
14 Dec 2023

Queen (Danaus gilippus thersippus)
Cozumel Island, Quintana Roo, Mexico
14 Dec 2023


Below are Queens from Aruba
Queen (Danaus gilippus) Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Bubali Preserve, Aruba
16 June 2011


Below are Queen immature life stages
Queen (Danaus gilippus)
Queen (Danaus gilippus) caterpillar
Naples Butterfly House, Collier Co., FL
26 Dec 2013


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