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Clodius Parnassian

Parnassius clodius

Photo by KarenSaxton
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43.1721, -124.241

Field Notes

Description:

In areas where bleeding heart is native as their caterpillar food.

Notes:

I have waited 20 years for one to land long enough for a picture

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Comments (5)
KarenSaxton
Thank you, Luis and Sergio! I was so happy to get it!
KarenSaxton
This was pure luck. We've had a wonderful warm summer on the coast and ate lunch (our sit down meal)on the deck when he arrived. I went inside, snagged the camera and miraculously he hadn't left
KathleenMcEachern
Great job! patience is certainly required with butterflies....so many "almost" butterfly photos for me!
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PublishedDecember 10, 2014

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