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Monarch 2

Monarch 2

I photographed this monarch butterfly today, in my garden here in New Zealand. Two monarch butterflies were competing with bees and ants for the nectar. It was ...
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I photographed this monarch butterfly today, in my garden here in New Zealand. Two monarch butterflies were competing with bees and ants for the nectar. It was a lovely sunny still day. I used my Cannon 55-250mm lens, hand held.
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