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Monarch Butterfly

Danaus plexippus

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Description:

Beautiful! Seen gliding about over pollinator garden. Bright orange with black border with double row of white spots

Habitat:

On Mexican sunflower

Notes:

We have seen lots of butterflies and we have planted many plants, especially milkweed, for the butterflies but this is the only one we have seen. Spotted by student Elizabeth Fleury

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