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Mourning Cloak Butterfly

Nymphalis antiopa

Photo by AshleyT
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Field Notes

Description:

A dark butterfly with light edges all the way around the wings.

Habitat:

Saw these two flying around together, then they landed on a tree. It is an open mixed woods area.

Notes:

I'm new to the butterfly/moth world, so if I identified this wrong please let me know :)

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Nymphalis antiopa

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