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Jason Sharp;Pinellas County, Florida
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zoomed in on skipper butterfly's tongue
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ants and aphids on underside of leaf
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see the brown hairs packed around disk flower buds
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photo 1 of 3 scanning along a single seed eyeclops
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Augusta, Michigan, United States
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photo 2 of 3 scanning along a single seed eyeclops
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October -- only the brown hairs remain
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Ants and aphids are early visitors eyeclops aphid
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2nd photo of 3 along single flower eyeclops
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first of three photos scanning along a single disk flower eyeclops
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Christmas, Florida, United States
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skipper butterfly
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This one was 2-3 feet high in June. Some reach 8-10 feet high in August.
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The disk flower buds are packed with brown hair which I think becomesthe flight feathers for the seeds in November.
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100x image by eyeclops of single disk flower oriented like skipper'stongue photo eyeclops
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100x eyeclops of bract around brown hairs eyeclops