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A rare sight! Iridescent Atala is hatching in front of our eyes and pulling its red abdomen free
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Sadly this blue Atala's wing got caught in its pupa and never unfurled
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Wounded male Atala has white "pencil brush" for emitting pheromones
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Iridescent Atala butterfly is working its way out of the cocoon
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Tiny bright Atala on large crinkly leaf!
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Iridescent blue spotted Atala on brilliant red tubular Pentas
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Translucent Atala caterpillar is chewing away Coontie leaf
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An abundant crop... rare Atala have just hatched!
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Zooming in on rare Atala hatchlings
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A rare find... the glorious colors of the almost extinct Atala butterfly
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Newly hatched Atala hangs on for dear life... till its wings dry and fill
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Eye to eye with newly hatched Atala hanging upside down one dark morning, drying and strenthening
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Newly hatched Atala has transformed from a shiny red jelly-like caterpillar
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Tiny iridescent Atala dwarfed by Aristolochia leaf dotted with golden butterfly eggs
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Breathtakingly close to a brilliantly colored Atala butterfly
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Atala on Spanish Needles... an almost extinct butterfly that's coming back!
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Peeking in at Atala and unhatched cocoons still on Coontie
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Iridescent blue and red Atala on delicate white flower spray
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Magnificent newly hatched Atala is gaining strength on Moujean Tea nectar
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Iridescent blues and oranges of Atala Butterfly
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Atala Eumaeus butterfly breeds only on Florida coontie
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Newly hatched extremely rare Atala nectaring on Moujean Tea flowers
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A rare sight... Atala nectaring in the morning sun
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Tiny Atala on average sized leaf
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Rare sky blue spotted Atala butterfly
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Monarch sips on Lavender
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Gulf Fritillaries are mating and flying as one
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Gulf fritillary on red edged Copper Leaf
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Gulf fritillary sipping on Mexican Clover on a windy morning
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Gulf fritillary skips from grasshead to grasshead
