Western Pygmy Blue 2 by John Dicus

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12-OCT-2006	Melanie Dicus

Western Pygmy Blue 2

Black Canyon City, AZ

Brephidium exile

I like how the camera captured the proboscis as this butterfly was coiling it back up after drinking nectar from the flowers it is resting on.

Nikon D70 ,Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX APO Macro IF HSM
1/500s f/10.0 at 185.0mm full exif

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Gus Rosenfeld		03-May-2016 01:00
Nailed it! Incredible use of the lens Melanie and great luck-of-the-light ";-^)

Bernard Bosmans		28-Apr-2007 02:27
Beautiful shot and I like the descriptions as well.

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