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TitleMangrove Skipper (Phocides pigmalion)
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
Rating4
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Description
A friendly mangrove skipper perched near the observation platform that overlooks the little mangrove swamp at Frenchman's Forest Natural Area in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The Red Mangrove is their larval host plant. The royal blue highlights vary in intensity with the angle of illumination. I have never seen a caterpillar but they are quite stunning as well.
Original URLhttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7222/7167858724_3174d6025f_o.jpg
photographerBob Peterson
providerFlickr: EOL Images
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith