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Monarch - Hodges#4614 (Danaus plexippus)
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Copyright © 2020
Lisa Scheffler
Odd marks on leaf -
Danaus plexippus
Grimsby, ON, Ontario, Canada
July 11, 2019
I was photographing a Monarch caterpillar and didn't notice these markings on the leaf behind it until afterwards.
Pretty sure it wasn't the caterpillar that made them. Was it some sort of insect that created this pattern?
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Contributed by
Lisa Scheffler
on 2 February, 2020 - 11:10am
Last updated 13 February, 2020 - 1:21pm
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This is in fact the typical feeding pattern of an early-instar monarch caterpillar.
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Charley Eiseman
, 13 February, 2020 - 1:21pm
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