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Monarch - Danaus plexippus - female

Monarch - Danaus plexippus - Female
Bear, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
July 26, 2007
On Orange Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa).

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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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