A newly eclosed western tiger swallowtail butterfly suffering from ophryocystis elektroscirrha, an infection that stops its wings from filling with fl
A newly eclosed western tiger swallowtail butterfly suffering from ophryocystis elektroscirrha, an infection that stops its wings from filling with fluid and developing fully. The butterfly cannot eat nor fly and will soon die.
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Photo credit: © Buddy Mays / Alamy / Afripics
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