Canadian Geographic Photo Club - Coming In Hot!
  

Coming In Hot!

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by Amanda N. on 12 Jun 2025
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I was watching the Clearwing Hummingbird Moths and trying to focus on them, but the Swallowtails stole the show! I could hear thunder rolling in close to where I was, so I knew I didn't have much time before I had to leave. I just couldn't get enough of these Swallowtails and lucked out with getting these two in the photo together. The one on the right was just starting to move to a different flower to feed from, when the other one decided to do a sneak attack. All of the Swallowtails were doing this the whole time I was there, and they were very fast, so it was hard to try to get them in the frame with my macro lens.

  • Camera: Canon EOS R6
  • Focal: 100 mm
  • Shutter speed: 0.0004 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 2.8
tagged: flower plant petal purple butterfly pollinator insect yellow arthropod swallowtails wing lepidoptera

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