25 free milkweed photos from Freerange

Butterfly with open wings

Looks like comedian Phyllis Diller s hair! Or maybe Einstein s

Two Monarch butterflies rest on small flowers in the Bronx Zoo, New York, NY

Milkweed seeds coming out of their pods.

A single dead flower stands wilted and brown in the center of a vast field. Surrounded by tall grass and weeds, the flower symbolizes the end of its life cycle in a natural setting.

A vibrant yellow and white butterfly contrasts against a stark black background. The butterflys delicate wings are spread as it rests gracefully.

Just a few stubborn seeds left dangling from the pod. How has the wind not taken these

Butterfly with open wings

Closeup of milkweed plant seed pods.

A curious ant exploring an immature milkweed pod with seeds forming in an interesting pattern

An immature milkweed pod cut open to reveal the seeds arranged in an interesting pattern and the silk

Milkweed seeds happily coming out of the cracked pod

Milkweed seeds bursting out of pod, ready to be distributed by the wind.

A small monarch butterfly sitting on a white flower

Seeds of a milkweed plant being dispered from its pods.

Milkweed pods maturing in late summer to disperse their seeds in autumn

Orange milkweed beetles feeding on milkweed seed pod.

Monarch butterfly at Bronx Zoo, New York City

Surprised to see ants attracted to a milkweed flower

One pod almost empty and the next cracked open and spilling its seeds

Closeup of milkweed seeds being dispered from milkweed pods.

Monarch butterfly on flower

Milkweed flower in bloom

Milkweed beetles on green milkweed seed pod.

Closeup of milkweed pod drying and turning brown in late summer.