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Nectaring

A Fritillary butterfly nectaring on a pink stickseed (Hackelia mundula) in the Sierra Nevada during June. More than 20 of these beautiful orange butterlies flit...
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A Fritillary butterfly nectaring on a pink stickseed (Hackelia mundula) in the Sierra Nevada during June. More than 20 of these beautiful orange butterlies flitted around the flowers while I was there.
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OLYMPUS E-M5MarkII

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 200 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 60/1

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Jul, 2017

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