Butterfly on Butterfly Bush (18470787)

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Description: English: The photographers’ image title/description was “Butterfly on Butterfly Bush”. The insect: Danaus gilippus. The plant: according to the photographers, a Butterfly-bush (Buddleja spec.). In fact however, it is Chaste-tree (Vitex agnus-castus), native of Mediterranean Europe. Six images show the same plant species: 30 May 2005: with a butterfly, Danaus gilippus, with the same; 31 May 2005: with a ladybug/lady beetle, Coccinella magnifica, with the same, with a honeybee, Apis spec., with a beetle. The Location: Near Lake Amistad, Val Verde County, Texas. Date: 30 May 2005, 09:39. Source: Butterfly on Butterfly Bush Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Clinton & Charles Robertson from RAF Lakenheath, UK & San Marcos, TX, USA & UK.