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Nature's Art |
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Flora and Fauna at the Gulf Coast Research & Education Center |
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Among the Bedding Plants |
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| The monarch egg lies near a feeding larva. | A monarch larva in the later stages of development, feeding on a milkweed leaf. |
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Color, as if fashioned by Peter Carl Faberge from molten gold and platinum, decorates this chrysalis (pupa) of a monarch butterfly. Once the adult has emerged, it may be found feeding among the flowers in our bedding plant trials. You can see the butterfly wings through the transparent chrysalis in the sixth picture from the left. |
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| A newly emerged adult at rest on a native holly, wings fully extended, and a view of the wing colors on the top and underside of the wings, as well as the clavate (clubbed) antennae. Click the picture of the milkweed bug below to view arthropod morphology (external anatomy) of insects and spiders: | ||
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View the life cycle of the monarch from egg to pupa by clicking on the gator:
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