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Old 13-10-2006, 09:56 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Butterfly ID

Charlie Pridham wrote:


"echinosum" wrote in message
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Charlie Pridham Wrote:
Also saw a lot of Milkweed Butterflies which at first thought to be
Monarchs but they were lower down

Monarch and Milkweed is same thing. See http://tinyurl.com/yk7kc4

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echinosum


Thanks! that's obviously why they looked like monarchs, do you know why
they are called milkweeds instead in the uk?


Generally they aren't. Usually we lepidopterists ( butterfly and moth
people) call them Monarchs.

Neil Jones
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