Two Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) visited a group of Zinnia elegans for an afternoon lunch of nectar in a Virginia garden during their journey south to Mexico. The pair flew together in rising circles into the trees and soon returned for another round at the flowers. #monarchbutterfly #monarch #butterfly #danausplexippus #zinniaelegans #flower #nectar #journeytomexico #americanmeadows #gardening #plantbiology #entomology #animalbiology #biology