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Monarch

Danaus plexippus

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Notes:

Ironically appropriate and sadly, this is the first picture of a Monarch with a broken right forewing that I've taken this year despite hunting for caterpillars and eggs in my yard and around local fields.

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Monarch Migration
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PublishedSeptember 1, 2013

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