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MONARCH BUTTERFLY (Danaus plexippus) adult recently emerged from cocoon hangs near empty chrysalis while pumping meconium from its abdomen into its newly forming wings. Note excess meconium droplet draining from abdomen. Summer, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Thomas Kitchin & Victoria Hurst /leesonphoto
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