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This One Has Red on the Middle Antennae

How cool is this!?
I learned something else about Queen butterfly caterpillars while processing photos from this experience. Some of them (only one in all of ours) have red on their antennae. Check out the middle pair on this guy. See?
Queen Butterfly Caterpillar (Danaus gilippus)

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