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A female Monarch or Milkweed butterfly (Danaus plexippus) - Click on image to Go Back
A female Monarch, or Milkweed, butterfly
(Danaus plexippus)
During the Autumn of 1968, a female Monarch or Milkweed (Danaus plexippus) was captured in Malvern. These are very rare vagrants, who originate on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States of America. It is believed that this is the first genuine record of this species for the County of Worcestershire. It was first spotted in a garden in the Barnard's Green area of Malvern on the 19th October 1968, and remained in the locality for a week until it was caught by children and accidentally crushed. It was then taken along to Mr Jack E. Green, the local County Organiser of the National Lepidoptera Survey, who painstakingly restored and mounted the insect and then kindly presented it to the Museum.
 
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