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Sipping a Taste of Spring
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Sipping a Taste of Spring

Here's another Painted Lady capture from the day back in April when oodles of them descended on our spring blooms. You can see butterfly has extended its straw-like tongue/proboscis to reach the nectar of the flowers.

ButterflyBugInsectNatureWildSpringCOColoradoPainted LadyVanessa carduiWingsMacroBokehFrom our yard to your monitorDoFTongueProboscisFlowersFloralMacroMixFlowerFloraNikonD300Michael Menefee

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