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Butterfly Thistle.jpeg

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A monarch butterfly sips nectar from a meadow thistle

A monarch butterfly sips nectar from a meadow thistle
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Aperture f/1.8 ISO 25 Shutter 1/601 Focal Length 17/4

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Ontario, CA

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Nov, 2019

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