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| A colorful Monarch Butterfly feeding from little white Alyssum flowers. Its uncoiled proboscis searching for nectar to feed on. The distinctive coloration warns potential predators that monarchs are toxic due to the milkweed plants they consume as caterpillars, which contain toxic compounds called cardenolides. |
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