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Monarchs Roosting During Migration - Danaus plexippus - male - female

Monarchs Roosting During Migration - Danaus plexippus - Male Female
Cape May Point, Cape May County, New Jersey, USA
September 25, 2012
There were hundreds of Monarchs roosting in the trees and the climbing ivy. I couldn't get a very good shot of them because they were too high. The branches looked like they were covered with dead leaves, but when a new butterfly would land the "dead leaves" would all start to flutter and the whole branch would come alive and flash orange. This branch isn't very covered, but it was low enough that I could get a shot. It was very windy, so this shot isn't very good. All I have...

Looks fine to me . . .
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Moved
Moved from ID Request.

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Numbers
The counters said they had 1200 the night before I was there.

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