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19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Great Spangled Fritillary on Swamp Milkweed

On the edge of a sedge meadow in central Wisconsin a new stand of swamp milkweed attracted a group of Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies. This property at one point was a farm which was turned into a pine plantation and now is in a Managed Forest Program. Each year new native plants are being added back into the landscape.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2021
Date Uploaded: 09.2021
Photo Location: Neshkoro, Wisconsin, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Copyright: © Rory Williams