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butterfly

Description:

For some days, the area was awash with these and another (darker yellow) species (?) swarming. Nevertheless this was the only individual that sat still long enough to photograph.

Habitat:

Secondary vegetation growing on abandoned lot in village. Close to a thin strip of disturbed coastal swamp forest.

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1 Comment

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

The flowers look like Spanish Needles. They often come up in Florida in early spring so early butterflies go to them.

Scott Frazier
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Scott Frazier

Papua, Indonesia

Spotted on Aug 19, 2011
Submitted on Aug 24, 2011

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