April 25, 2024

We are known as Whirlabouts

Because our flight pattern is crazy and unwearied

We are sexually dimorphic

And our color can be somewhat varied. 

Location: Blackpoint Wildlife Drive, Titusville (male), Titusville and Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park (Female)

Sources: https://alabama.butterflyatlas.usf.edu/species/details/125/whirlabout

https://www2.nau.edu/~gaud/bio300b/sexdi.htm#:~:text=Sexual%20dimorphism%20is%20the%20systematic,is%20larger%20than%20the%20female

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