Regan, welcome aboard!
It looks to me like you're making a fine start.
This is a very interesting picture because of the appearance of the subject.
What you have here looks to be a female tiger swallowtail (definitely not a monarch, BTW), shortly after emergence, with its wings not yet fully expanded. Assuming normal development, this state lasts for only a few minutes. A nice find!
It's a bit odd, though, for one of these critters in this condition to be sitting feet down, wings up. Usually they hang with body vertical so the wings can hang free while they are expanding. Is this the original orientation, or has the picture been rotated from reality?
Again, welcome aboard. We're looking forward to seeing a lot more postings!
--Rik
PS. I just noticed the copyright date. Is this picture really two years old, or is that "2006" a typo?