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Danaus gilippus
Queen Butterfly
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 1012 1044 (2012-10-14)Copyright © 2012 Ron Wolf
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Sep 29, 2012
location
Audubon Kern River Preserve. Weldon (Kern County, California, US)family
Nymphalidae
order
Lepidoptera
class Insecta
notes Queen Butterfly female nectaring on Green Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus vicidiflorus). Generally, this species is resident in the dry southwestern states and the southern-most parts of Califoria but populations occasionally stray farther north into central California.camera Canon EOS 7D, 400 mm, f/7.1, 1/1000 sec.
photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
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Queen Butterfly (photographer)
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