Floral tubes holding water and milkweed for hungry Monarch caterpillars, Danaus plexippus, inside of a butterfly cage. Kansas, USA.

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Floral tubes holding water and milkweed for hungry Monarch caterpillars, Danaus plexippus, inside of a butterfly cage. The photographer has planted milkweed in a garden where she gathers monarch eggs, brings them inside and raises until the butterflies emerge from chrysalises. Then they are released to join the Monarch migration to Mexico. Kansas, USA.

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Size: 4000px × 2667px
Location: Wichita, Kansas, USA
Photo credit: © B LaRue / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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