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Monarch Butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Photo by Shaina
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Watching a monarch chrysalis complete its metamorphosis in our milkweed garden, as it hatches into a beautiful new butterfly.

Habitat:

We have a large patch of milkweed plants, which are the primary feeder plant for monarch caterpillars.

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Comments (4)
MelissaFerguson
Wonderful photographs of a most beautiful butterfly! Thank you for posting in Florida's Flora & Fauna!!
Maria dB
very nice series; photo 3 didn't appear to upload
EmilyMarino
Love this! Monarchs are easily my favorite butterfly!

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PublishedMarch 19, 2012

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