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Painted lady caterpillar

Venessa cardui

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34.0768, -116.276

Field Notes

Description:

5 larvae on Desert Almond
(Prunus fasciculata)

Habitat:

Joshua tree woodland, 3600'

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Comments (1)

For the Parental care mission for invertebrates there needs to be both a parent and the young in the photo, demonstrating the care. I took the liberty of removing this spotting from the mission. Cheers

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