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Monarch laying eggs. Unusual date/location - Danaus plexippus - female
Copyright © 2013 Gregg Lee

Monarch laying eggs. Unusual date/location - Danaus plexippus - Female
32.129739°,-97.856936°, Somervell County, Texas, USA
September 10, 2013
Comments on other image. Here feeding on Gray Golden Aster [Heterotheca canescens]. Abundant reliable drought tolerant native forb. Blooms April-October.

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Monarch laying eggs. Unusual date/location - Danaus plexippus - female Monarch laying eggs. Unusual date/location - Danaus plexippus - female
Contributed by Gregg Lee on 14 September, 2013 - 11:31am

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