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Dispatches from the land of the banana slug.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Seen in Discovery Park


Mock-orange



Lorquin's Admiral



Yarrow



Fireweed
Posted by Fiona Cohen at 2:16 PM
Labels: butterfly, fireweed, mock-orange, phenology, yarrow

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