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Looks like some kind of parasitized monarch caterpillar covered in tiny flies.

Monarch overwintering site

not all manage to get by sadly

destroyed by tyrannus melancholicus

First observation, this one looked recently emerged with bright color, a small individual ovipositing on my largest, main Rush Milkweed bush. Call this Day 0 for any larva to come.

When desperate, Monarch caterpillars will eat pumpkin!

Caterpillar feeding on Narrowleaf milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)

Large numbers captured within pitcher plant population.

Prey ID; predator is Observation 184237579.

An important winter over park for the monarch

Leeka, Flinders Island, Tasmania has a large colony of Monarch Butterflies all year round. Also known as the Wanderer Butterfly.
There has been a recent mass hatching. This is my property.

First record of utilization of A. curtissii.

Sé que el protagonista en la foto no es la Mariposa Monarca, pero subo el ID así para mantener el registro de migración de esta especie.

An overzealous Danaus plexippus (Monarch) found mounting a male Papilio glaucus (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail).

Caught flying around scrub containing patches of milkweed. Also seen being chased by lesser wanderers (or vice-versa).

Larva

What are the tiny flies on this monarch caterpillar? Are they parasitic? And what are they doing to the caterpillar?

Pollinia on a geometer moth--the moth was trapped in the flower

I’m no clear on what all is eating this larva

On Texas milkweed

Monarch caterpillar feeding on sand milkweed (Asclepias arenaria).

I watched the monarch get grabbed by the lowland leopard frog, which promptly spit it out. The monarch then flew off under a minute later.

Monarchs decided to lay eggs on a Plumeria??

Bombus crotchii recorded in separate observation. A total of 7 caterpillars on the milkweed, although I was only able to get 6 at most in a single photo.

There were so many caterpillars on my milkweed I had to go buy more. They devoured 6 milkweed plants back to the stems! So far I have found 9 chrysalis.

On Asclepias exaltata

Caterpillar

Just one caterpillar seen on 4 stems. A cutie! On Heartleaf Milkweed

Monarch caterpillar on 4-leafed milkweed

ovipositing

La planta https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101793711

La araña en
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101794513

Occasionally migrating Monarchs appear in Lea County. Not every year.

Photos not geotagged. Location somewhere near Coolimba Eneabba Rd. in Beekeepers Nature Reserve.

Found on rocky edge in Dandan