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Laying an egg on a milkweed plant

Monarch butterfl laying an egg on a milkweed plant.

Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on swan plants and other milkweeds. Females lay between 300–400 eggs at a rate of about 40 per day.

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Rights: Keith Moore, Monarch Butterfly NZ Trust
Published: 16 May 2010Size: 252.81 KB
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