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These two Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillars (Papilio polyxenes) were headed in opposite directions on a Dill stem. I planted the entire outside of my garde...
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These two Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillars (Papilio polyxenes) were headed in opposite directions on a Dill stem. I planted the entire outside of my garden this year in wild flowers to attract pollinators of all sorts. Little did I know that I should have been planting a lot more dill as that is where I found about 15 eastern black swallowtail caterpillars in an assortment of instars munching happily away. These caterpillars also have a bright orange set of inflatable horns they will flash as you if you bug them to much.
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Aperture f/11.0 ISO 400 Shutter 1/15 Focal Length 100/1

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Found this lovely specimen on the road in front of my house one evening. They have such amazing eyes.

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Weeds get a bad reputation but when you stop and look they are beautiful. Here a head of weed seeds is about to take flight to start another generatio

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Gangapurna is a 7,455m peak in the Annapurna massif. This photo was taken from the opposite side of the valley at a small monks temple carved into the

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This sharp shinned hawk has been stalking my neighbours feeder for well pretty much everything. It has a high success rate.

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