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Santa Cruz, California, United States
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Osceola, Florida, United States
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Danaus plexippus. Photographed at the National Museum of Natural History's Butterfly Gardens. Photographer: Dexter Hinckley.
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Orlando, Florida, United States
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Top Camp, Queensland, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Gambrills, Maryland, United States
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Edgewood, Florida, United States
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Hodgson Vale, Queensland, Australia
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Monarch butterfly NymphalidaeIntroduced to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu, Hawaii, USACaterpillars feeding on Crown flower (Calotropis gigantea), a very large relative of milkweeds.There appears to be a love or hate affiliation with Crown flowers and Monarch butterflies, with some opinions straddling the fence. People who grow crown flowers for lei or merely as a landscape plant, understandably, do not want the caterpillars eating their plants. Those that love the Monarchs do not want to see them destroyed. But like it or not, Crown flower is a favored food for Monarch butterfly caterpillars in Hawaii. Untreated plants usually receive extensive damage to foliage.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Monarch butterfly NymphalidaeIntroduced to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu, Hawaii, USAA caterpillar feeding on Crown flower (Calotropis gigantea), a very large relative of milkweeds.There appears to be a love or hate affiliation with Crown flowers and Monarch butterflies, with some opinions straddling the fence. People who grow crown flowers for lei or merely as a landscape plant, understandably, do not want the caterpillars eating their plants. Those that love the Monarchs do not want to see them destroyed. But like it or not, Crown flower is a favored food for Monarch butterfly caterpillars in Hawaii. Untreated plants usually receive extensive damage to foliage.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Orlando, Florida, United States
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Orlando, Florida, United States
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia