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Location: Charelston sc
November 10, 2011 9:22 pm
My friend, an elementary school teacher in Charleston, SC, took these photos on November 10.
Signature: The non-entomolgocial biologst, Alex Hartman (University of South Carolina)
Monarch Caterpillars
Dear Alex,
The plant in the photo appears to be an exotic milkweed, and they are usually promoted as butterfly plants. The caterpillars in the photo are Monarch Caterpillars and they will metamorphose into Monarch Butterflies. The caterpillars of Monarchs feed on milkweed.
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