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Common Buckeye On Prairie Grasses
I found this beautiful butterfly on the tall fall prairie grasses that had gone to seed. You can see its tongue as it is feeding. No nectar to be had here so my guess is that it was drinking water drops trapped in the seed heads.
Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
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