Saturday, July 26, 2008

Viceroy caterpillar on World Peace Wetland Prairie in July 2008 and viceroy butterfly on nearby Hill Place (Aspen Ridge site in summer 2007)

Please click on image to ENLARGE TO photo of viceroy butterfly caterpillar on willow leaf at World Peace Wetland Prairie in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Viceroys (Limenitis archippus) look much like monarchs but their reproduction depends on willows and other native trees for nutrition, while monarch caterpillars depend on the many species of milkweed.



For more information on Viceroys and their life cycle, please visit World Peace Wetland Prairie blogspot
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 26, 2008 at 11:49 PM

    Nice work.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 27, 2008 at 10:53 PM

    That buttefly must be about to croak because it can't find any sustenance on that former wetland savanna called Aspen Ridge.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 1, 2008 at 10:34 PM

    Why didn't you major in biology instead of English? You must love these things more than anyone whose words and pictures I have ever known.

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