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Alabama State Insect:
Monarch butterfly on milkweed © photographer Lynn M. Rosenblatt,
author of MONARCH MAGIC, Ideals Publications: Monarch Butterfly USA
Monarch Butterfly
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Both caterpillar and butterfly are brilliant in color as a warning - the Monarch ingests toxins from the milkweed plant which are poisonous to predators.
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