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Adult butterfly – sex

Difference between male and female Monarch butterfly wings.

Male butterflies have two spots on the hindwings. Females have thicker black webbing within the wings. Females lay between 300–400 eggs at a rate of up to 40 per day.

Images: Darren Gedye

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