Monarch caterpillar in northern California

A monarch caterpillar crawls along a milkweed plant

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USFWS

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Image

This brightly colored monarch caterpillar is feeding on milkweed that’s in the pollinator garden at Beale Air Force Base in northern California.

Ecosystem

Rural

Species

Danaus plexippus

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