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All About Butterflies On The 'Pea Green Boat'

Montana Public Radio | By Annie Garde
Published March 28, 2016 at 3:24 PM MDT
(L) Monarch butterly, (R) viceroy butterfly. Can you see the differences?
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(L) Monarch butterly, (R) viceroy butterfly. Can you see the differences?
Piccolo Namek, Derek Ramsey (GFDL 1.2)
A midge, Chironomus plumosus
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A midge, Chironomus plumosus
Courtesy Entomart

Can you tell the difference between a monarch and a viceroy butterfly? Do you know what a western two-tailed swallowtail is? Tune in to "Pea Green Boat" on Wednesday, March 30 at 4:00 p.m. to learn more about these butterflies of western Montana with Glenn Marangelo from the Missoula Butterfly House & Insectarium.

Western two-tailed swallowtail butterfly
Credit Glenn Marangelo Missoula Insectarium
Western two-tailed swallowtail butterfly
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Children's monarch butterfliesbutterfliesGlenn MarangeloMissoula Insectariumviceroy butterflies
Annie Garde
Annie Garde is the Children's Program Director and host and producer of the Pea Green Boat and the Children's Corner.
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