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Family: Lymnadidae, Anosia plexippus
The veins are heavily marked in black, with large white dots upon the black bands along the margin. The color of the rest of the wings both above and below is reddish brown.
Pastures, flower gardens. Lays its eggs on Milkweed. The caterpillars only eats milkweed leaves.
Spotted on Jul 16, 2012
Submitted on Jan 16, 2013
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Nice series! Would make a great addition to the Monarch migration mission. You can join by going to this link: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8100...
Also scientific name can be updated to Danaus plexippus. thanks!