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File:Monarch caterpillar (23229).jpg, featured

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Info Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar eating some milkweed. all by — Rhododendrites ^talk | 13:16, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Rhododendrites ^talk | 13:16, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support El Golli Mohamed 16:24, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ermell (talk) 18:54, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Supportǃ Terragio67 (talk) 19:02, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support looks great. Nice color balance, well exposed and sharp. What kind of plant? --Needsmoreritalin (talk) 02:09, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks! It's some kind of milkweed -- these caterpillars eat milkweed exclusively -- but I don't know the species. — Rhododendrites ^talk | 02:16, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice --Wilfredor (talk) 18:30, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support plante is Asclepias tuberosa --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:37, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Archaeodontosaurus: Thanks! Updated the file. Out of curiosity, how can you tell the species is A. tuberosa compared to the other Asclepias these butterflies are attracted to (like A. syriaca)? — Rhododendrites ^talk | 12:37, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi,

For the genus I think I could have found it, but for the species I asked our specialists at the ''Toulouse Museum''. There are very sophisticated recognition programs that should soon arrive for the general public.

Bonne journée et félicitations pour tes nombreux travaux que je vois souvent passer... Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 16:45, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Sometimes I use the iNaturalist Seek app. I didn't think to do so when the plant was in front of me, though, and it could not look past the caterpillar when I attempted to use it on my photo. :) If you remember, I'd be curious to test the software when it's available. — Rhododendrites ^talk | 16:50, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support Great pose! --Tagooty (talk) 16:04, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Radomianin (talk) 17:21, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 17:36, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Aristeas (talk) 10:21, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Llez (talk) 11:38, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Giles Laurent (talk) 15:50, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Zzzs (talk) 23:16, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Confirmed results:

Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 05:59, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Arthropods/Lepidoptera#Family : Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)