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Pale Swallowtail Butterfly

Pale Swallowtail Butterfly

This is a pale swallowtail, and I took this picture at the top of Black Hill Mountain, above Morro Bay, California. They are in the swallowtail family but not y...
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This is a pale swallowtail, and I took this picture at the top of Black Hill Mountain, above Morro Bay, California. They are in the swallowtail family but not yellow, hence the name.The color yellow is replaced by a light cream on it's wings.
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NIKON D3100

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Aperture f/8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 200/1

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Apr, 2017

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