Tiny orange flecked butterfly.

By Chris McClelland; posted August 4, 2008

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As I am finding out, the winged insects are a bit more prone to moving by either their own will or because of light winds than ants and beetles, so getting a crisp, clear pic is tough. This brown butterfly was sitting on one of these purple flowers eating nectar with the long black probiscus. The wings have some nice colour patches, but note the teeny tiny orange pin point flecks of colour on the entire insect. There was just a breath of wind when I shot the photo, but it was enough to blur it a bit.

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