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EENY-442: Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae)

Figure 12. Close-up of the head of a fifth instar larva of the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus Linnaeus, feeding on scarlet milkweed, Asclepias curassavica.