Saturday, July 14, 2018

July 14, 2018

Location: Vero Beach, Lagoon Greenway

I am known as a Queen Butterfly
I like to eat milkweed and milkweed vines.
They make me taste bad, and I become an emetic
Which in the future might make predators think twice.

Sources: Butterflies and Moths of North America - Queen (Danaus gilippus)

Photo and text © 2018 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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