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Junonia coenia
A medium-size brown butterfly with bold eyespots on the upper surfaces of its wings, feeding on Marigold flowers (Tagetes sp.). Photo 1 and 3 were cropped to highlight the butterfly; Photo 2 and 4 are the original photographs. Related Resource: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagetes Editor's Note: My apologies for the relatively low quality photographs taken using my iPhone 3GS!
The Children’s Garden at Hollin Meadows Science and Math Focus School. Related Resource: http://www.fcps.edu/HollinMeadowsES/
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Spotted on Oct 9, 2011
Submitted on Oct 10, 2011
4 Comments
Thanks for your advice, Dan and Alice!
They are definetly Marigolds, and Dan is correct. The sun always gives us trouble when we want a picture on a hot day. I have learned sometimes to stand so that my body throws a shadow on my subject.
I think the flowers are Marigolds. Tagetes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagetes
Please help me identify the flowers upon which the butterfly is feeding. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/750... Thank you!