Thank you Larry for the beautiful butterfly photos, also interesting to see the one of the larvae adjacent to the flower, fascinating to see that the formation of the two is similar. Attached is a photo of the Monarch butterfly larvae. I too have a fascination for butterflies and enjoy liberating them.
Each year after the eggs are attached to the plant, Ascelepias tuberosa and before the larvae are large enough for the predators to prey, I trim the plant with larvae attached and bring indoors for the rest of the cycle.
Looking at the right side of photo where the larvae is perpendicular, there is an egg (white dot), that is attached to the underside of a leaf. On the leaf under the egg, that is slightly to the right on the middle leaf vein there is a day old larvae.
Regards,
Sandra Muckle.