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    Monarch butterfly caterpillars found at Combat Center [Image 23 of 266]

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    A monarch butterfly caterpillar (Danaus plexippus) is clinging to a thin green plant stem, displaying its characteristic black, white, and yellow banding pattern. The caterpillar is photographed in close-up macro style with a shallow depth of field, rendering the background as a soft, blurred earthy-brown bokeh. The image captures fine details of the larva's segmented body and small antenna-like filaments.

    MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    10.21.2016

    Photo by Cpl. Thomas Mudd 

    U.S. Navy           

    A Monarch butterfly caterpillar eats milkweed in the Butterfly Garden at the Archeology and Paleontology Curation Center aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms Calif., Oct. 21, 2016. The garden is being created to aid the butterflies that inhabit the installation. In recent years, the Monarch population has been decreasing and the Combat Center is doing its part to conserve and improve those numbers. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Thomas Mudd/Released)

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    Date Taken: 10.21.2016
    Date Posted: 10.28.2016 00:09
    Photo ID: 2950876
    VIRIN: 161021-M-UD149-009
    Resolution: 3960x2640
    Size: 2.65 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, US

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