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Monarch on Shepard's Needle - Danaus plexippus
Copyright © 2007 Bill Brower

Monarch on Shepard's Needle - Danaus plexippus
Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
February 4, 2007
Size: approx 4"
Quite a few of these have been about, even this late in the winter.
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Contributed by Bill Brower on 10 February, 2007 - 1:39am
Last updated 10 February, 2007 - 11:13pm

Moved
Moved from Viceroy.
… Bill Brower, 10 February, 2007 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

Aren't they year-round in Florida?
I thought they were. Also, do you know if any overwinter there? I'm interested in parallels and contrasts to Southern California, believing they're year-round residents here and trying to prove it.

BTW, this post somehow wound up in the Viceroy section.
… Ron Hemberger, 10 February, 2007 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Year round?
I don't know if they are or not. I don't remember seeing them all through the year here, but I wasn't always looking either. Now I will be.

Thanks for the input and also pointing out that I was on the wrong guide page.
… Bill Brower, 10 February, 2007 - 11:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Good; keep looking.
Per the data map, I need them for April, May, June and July, but we do have count records for July. I'm almost certain yours are there full time. Thus far, Florida is missing June, August, September and October. What's most puzzling to me are the gaps in Texas, another place that's supposed to have Monarchs year-round. Well, often the more common, the less photographed.
… Ron Hemberger, 10 February, 2007 - 11:43pm login or register to post comments

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