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Danaus plexippus
A medium sized butterfly capable of making the famous butterfly migration to Mexico and Canada. This butterfly has bright colors to signal its poisonous flesh due to the toxic Milkweed plant it eats when its in the larval stage
Open, sunny areas
Spotted on Aug 8, 2011
Submitted on Aug 8, 2011
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great picture and wonderful information!