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The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes
and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and
archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
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 Archive - Monarch Butterfly and Chrysalis

   September 25, 2021

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   Every weekend we present a notable item from our archives.

   This EPOD was originally published September 8, 2013.

   Photographer:  Bill Schultz MD
   Summary Authors:  Bill Schultz MD;  Jim Foster

   The photo above shows a nearly fully formed  Monarch butterfly as
   seen through the wall of its  chrysalis shortly before emerging. It
   was taken from Stonecreek, Ohio on September 22, 2012. The chrysalis is
   the  pupa stage of a butterfly's  lifecycle. A Monarch chrysalis
   is usually attached to a  milkweed plant ( Asclepias syriaca) --
   Monarchs and milkweeds are  intimately linked. Soon after this
   Monarch emerged, it began its extraordinary 2,260 mi (3,640 km)
   migration to the  highlands of central Mexico. It's the great-great
   descendant of the Monarch that left for Mexico the previous fall.

   Photo details: Camera Model: NIKON D300; Focal Length: 105.0mm (35mm
   equivalent: 157mm); Aperture: f/9.0; Exposure Time: 0.0031 s (1/320);
   ISO equiv: 800.
     * Stonecreek Ohio, Coordinates: 40.3975, -81.5589

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