Birding Q & A
Do you have a birding question? Send us an email! —we'll post the answer here!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
posted by Laura Guerard | 2:26 PM
Q: How do you tell a male and female Monarch apart?
A: Males have a small spot on the inside of the hindwing. This is a difference that we can see in the image below, just follow the 2 white arrows (photo by Mark Garland). A few other differences are that the ends of their abdomens look different and females tend to be darker with slightly wider wing veins.
A: Males have a small spot on the inside of the hindwing. This is a difference that we can see in the image below, just follow the 2 white arrows (photo by Mark Garland). A few other differences are that the ends of their abdomens look different and females tend to be darker with slightly wider wing veins.
<< Home