Viceroy Butterfly Limenitis archippus pollinating and gathering nectar from Teasel flower Dipsacus Eastern USA, by Skip Moody/Dembinsky Photo Assoc
Viceroy Butterfly gathering nectar pollinating from Teasel flower Dipsacus Eastern USA by Skip Moody Dembinsky Photo Associates It is well known the Viceroy mimics color characteristics of the Monarch Butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ) to fend off predators that would otherwise eat the Viceroy.
Size: 3599px × 5400px
Location: Eastern United States
Photo credit: © Skip Moody / Dembinsky Photo Associates / Alamy / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: adaptation, adaptations, adapted, adult, adults, alight, america, animal, animals, antennae, archippus, arthropod, arthropods, associates, attract, beautiful, beauty, biome, biomes, bloom, blooming, blooms, blossom, blossoms, bug, bugs, butterflies, butterfly, butterflys, chain, chains, close, close-, collecting, color, colorful, colors, communities, community, cycle, cycles, delicate, dembinsky, detail, detailed, details, dipsacus, diurnal, eastern, eating, ecosystem, ecosystems, environment, environments, fauna, feed, feeding, flight, flower, flowers, fly, folded, food, foraging, fragile, gather, gathering, habitat, habitats, horizontal, imitate, insect, insects, invertebrate, invertebrates, lepidoptera, life, limenitis, meadows, metamorphosis, migration, migratory, mimic, mimicry, moody, natural, nature, nectar, nectaring, north, nymphalidae, orange, outdoor, outdoors, pattern, patterns, photo, photos, picture, pictures, plant, plants, pollen, pollinate, pollinating, pollination, pollinator, pollinators, preserve, purple, red, relationship, relationships, resting, skip, states, teasel, teasels, united, vertical, viceroy, viceroys, visit, visiting, visitor, visitors, wild, wilderness, wildflower, wildflowers, wildlife, winged, wings, yellow, üllerian
