This is a Monarch butterfly, which also loves the Gregg's Mistflower.

I found the COOLEST website the other day while trying to identify that little worm that was devouring my bean plants.

Whatsthatbug.com is site full of photos and letters from people who have found interesting, creepy and weird bugs and need help identifying them. The folks at What's that Bug? do the research and even label some bug encounters as "unnecessary carnage."

I found myself cruising the site for a few hours looking at photos or caterpillars and butterflies -- not even scratching the surface of all that's on the site.

And I love the message -- learning to appreciate the beauty of insects and other creatures, rather than just mindlessly killing what we don't understand.

It was while look through What's that Bug? that I finally identified a butterfly that has been hanging out in my front yard by the dozens for the past several months. The Queen butterfly has some of the same markings as a Monarch on the underside of its wings, but when it spreads them out, you can really see the difference.

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