Butterfly Stalking

While visiting Two Ponds, a wildlife refuge here in Arvada, I captured these wonderful butterfly images, earlier today:

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A two-tailed tiger swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata) feeding on a showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) blossom, along the banks of Little Dry Creek.

And a few more: (Click on any of the thumbnails to open in a new window.)

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For a quick fact sheet on the butterfly, please visit eNature, or for the same on the milkweed, please visit the USDA.

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