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Harvest mice (Reithrodontomys megalotis) consume monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus)

Weinstein SB, Dearing MD. Ecology, February 2022.

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CardenolidesDanaus plexippusCaliforniaReithrodontomys MegalotisPredator-prey EcologyWestern Harvest Mouse

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