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Monarch Sipping Nectar
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Monarch on Milkweed
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Studying a Monarch
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Studying a Monarch (cropped)
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Monarch Butterflies Mating
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Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
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Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
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Milkweed - as you find them growing in an old field
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Milkweed Leaf
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Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) Leaf
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Monarch Butterfly eggs
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Golden-eyed Lacewing
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Golden-eyed lacewing closeup.
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Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)
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Red Milkweed Beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus)
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Monarch Butterfly Egg (wide view)
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Monarch Butterfly Egg (close up)
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Monarch Butterfly Egg (super close up)
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Monarch Butterfly Egg (super close up)
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Monarch Butterfly Egg (extreme close up)
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Monarch Butterfly Egg ready to hatch (close up)
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Extreme Close up of monarch egg (translucent - just before hatching.
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1st instar larvae just hatch and about to finish eating the egg shell
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Monarch Butterfly Larvae (1st instar)
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1st instar larvae
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1st Instar larvae and the half eaten eggshell.
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A second instar larvae of the monarch butterfly
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Monarch Butterfly Larvae 2nd instar