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monarch caterpillar & Asclepias curassavica

Asclepias curassavica

Photo by TorreyNeel
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Milkweed is flowering and the caterpillars are getting full size.

Habitat:

Garden

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
KarenL
Lovely photo! Welcome to Project Noah Torrey!
Scott Frazier
Moved to plants as per your scientific name. The "other organisms" group is for those organisms without their own category. This includes lichens, leeches, crabs, clams, snails, slugs and more. Caterpillars are a larval form of Arthropods. Cheers
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2012

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