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Summer wildflowers
Butterflyweed flowers, (Ascplepias tuberosa), in bloom on the west Grady Knoll. Monarch butterflies use this and other milkweed species to lay eggs. Milkweeds are the only food source for monarch caterpillars.
This photo is number 1 of 33 in Summer wildflowers, from June 29, 2005.
Butterflyweed flowers, (Ascplepias tuberosa), in bloom on the west Grady Knoll. Monarch butterflies use this and other milkweed species to lay eggs. Milkweeds are the only food source for monarch caterpillars.
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