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Atala Ovipositing - Eumaeus atala - female
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Atala Ovipositing - Eumaeus atala - Female
Okeeheelee Nature Center, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
April 17, 2004
Going through old images, I see that I had missed shots of this individual where the freshly-laid eggs are visible. Here, there is one adjacent to the abdomen and one on the tip of the plant. Very good camouflage!

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Atala Ovipositing - Eumaeus atala - female Atala Ovipositing - Eumaeus atala - female
Contributed by Cotinis on 15 January, 2017 - 7:15pm

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