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Honey Bee with Hairstreak Butterfly - Apis mellifera
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Honey Bee with Hairstreak Butterfly - Apis mellifera
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
March 28, 2005
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 29 March, 2005 - 7:10pm
Last updated 18 May, 2008 - 10:44am

The Butterfly is White-M Hairstreak=Parhassius m-album
Much rarer than the bee.
… Harry Zirlin, 31 August, 2009 - 9:03pm

 
Thanks Harry,
I actually have other shots of this butterly under that guide page.
… Lynette Schimming, 31 August, 2009 - 9:59pm

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