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views of Sharkbytes' photos 		Danaus plexippus,
monarch
Family Nymphalidae
monarch butterfly

Monarch caterpillar, Mason County, MI, July 2014
Monarchs require milkweed as a host for larvae. The beautiful caterpillar is distictive. Here, the head is downward, but note the shorter black appendages near the rear, and the last set of legs.


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