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nectaring on Liatris microcephala |
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Davidson-Arabia
Mountain Nature Preserve ♀ DeKalb County, 7 Oct 2007 |
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Labor Creek State Park ♂ Morgan County, 25 August 2010 |
  
nectaring on Mosla dianthera or in flight between plants |
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Monastery
of the Holy Spirit ♂ Rockdale County, 9 September 2011 |
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nectaring (left) on Verbena brasiliensis and (right) on Cirsium altissimum |
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Monastery
of the Holy Spirit ♀ Rockdale County, 24 September 2011 |
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♀ ovipositing on Senna obtusifolia |
egg on Senna obtusifolia |
 
gland between lowest leaflets of Senna obtusifolia, evolved to simulate a lepidopteran egg and thereby discourage "additional" oviposition |
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Monastery
of the Holy Spirit Rockdale County, 14 August 2011 |
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caterpillars, earlier and later instars, on Senna obtusifolia |
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Monastery
of the Holy Spirit Rockdale County, 15 August 2011 |
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| Photos and video by Jim Allison | |
