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No Ifs, Ands, or Butterflies About It

Posted by Molly McMasters,
North Country explorer from Canton, New York
June 23, 2017 —

I've been on the lookout for a monarch all season! I'm never sure if what I see is really  Monarch or just a Viceroy, but when I saw it didn't have a black line crossing its vertical veins on its wing (which is charactaristic of a Viceroy), I was sure. 

A monarch perching on some milkweed

Comments

Emlyn Crocker

Lovely! I'm always on the lookout for them too.

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