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Butterflies and Insects Category
Lea Foster, Lafayette, IN, USA

Notes: These butterflies are resting on sand; the foreground is a pond, as you can see their reflection and the background is an old log. I was thrilled to get the two of them resting at the same time.  They appear identical, except for size.

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Matthew Lambert, London, England

Notes: This ladybug take's a time out of her busy day to take a rest this a fluffy dandelion

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Dazyl Young, Bacolod City, Philippines

Notes: Bees are really a big help to pollinating plants. They work wonders. Here's a bee doing his job...

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Butterflies and Insects Category
Heather Lynn Hotaling, Ballston Spa, NY, USA

Notes: Butterfly on purple flower

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Sandra Wilson, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Notes: Butterfly on purple flower

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Susan Weber, Little Ferry, NJ, USA

Notes: Monarch butterflies on a
white butterfly bush

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Karen Wylde, Wesley Chapel, NC, USA

Notes: Bee on purslane

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Mary Carol Chavez, San Antonio, TX, USA

Notes: Yummy Pollen

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Karen Wylde, Wesley Chapel, NC, USA

Notes: Moth on flower taken at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden Butterfly Exhibit

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Butterflies and Insects Category
Karen Wylde, Wesley Chapel, NC, USA

Notes: Moth on flower taken at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden Butterfly Exhibit

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