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Mark Pritchard shot this photo of a Monarch butterfly on a Poinsettia plant in late December in his backyard on Dataw Island. Most Monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico by October, but it has been recently discovered that coastal South Carolina is home to a unique group of Monarchs that live here year-round. (See https://bit.ly/47DEQh9). To submit a Lowcountry Life photo, you must be the photographer or have permission to submit the photo to be published in The Island News. Please submit high-resolution photos and include a description and/or names of the people in the picture and the name of the photographer. Email your photos to theislandnews@gmail.com.

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