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Monarch - Hodges#4614 (Danaus plexippus)
Photo#140203
Copyright © 2007
Ted Kropiewnicki
Monarch -
Danaus plexippus
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Bear, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
July 26, 2007
On Orange Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa).
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Contributed by
Ted Kropiewnicki
on 26 August, 2007 - 8:36pm
Last updated 4 August, 2008 - 5:13pm
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For reference, the other image is:
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Chuck Entz
, 26 August, 2007 - 9:51pm
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That's it - Monarch
It's a female, males have a dotlike thickening of the hindwing vein next to the body.
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Tom Whelan
, 26 August, 2007 - 8:45pm
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