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Turning Black

Turning Black

Monarch Butterfly changing to black and red ready to emerge very late in Autumn. Manawatu city garden, New Zealand. The chrysalis was tied to the leaf by a blue...
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Monarch Butterfly changing to black and red ready to emerge very late in Autumn. Manawatu city garden, New Zealand. The chrysalis was tied to the leaf by a blue thread of cotton to save the butterfly when the chrysalis fell in a storm.
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Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

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Aperture f/6.5 ISO 800 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 247000/1000

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upload_date

May, 2018

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Awards

Peer Award

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