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mating Mormon metalmark butterflies Apodemia mormo,Geotagged,Mormon metalmark,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

mating Mormon metalmark butterflies

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Quite the late summer session you had! Posted one year ago
    1. View morpheme's profile
      morpheme
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      It's definitely an area my husband and I would like to go back to. Perhaps in a different season - it was 97F/36C outside during the day, so we didn't even get much hiking in... but our main reason this time was to go to an observatory anyway- I scored reserved spots in both their day program and night program, so we got to see sunspots (we're in a high sunspot cycle) and it was also a new moon so the sky was nice and dark at night. They had a couple of telescopes set up that we were allowed to look through and there were also several of the biggest brightest meteors I've ever seen. Posted one year ago, modified one year ago
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        Ferdy Christant
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        That sounds like time well spent, happy you had a memorable time. Posted one year ago

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The Mormon metalmark

"Apodemia mormo" is a principally Nearctic butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is a particularly fascinating species for ecological and evolutionary research, as evidenced by its shifting taxonomic classifications. Conflicting observations of host plants utilized, distinctive morphologies, and a wide range of occupied habitats have prompted investigation into several potential subspecies.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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By morpheme

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Uploaded Sep 7, 2024. Captured Sep 1, 2024 15:23 in Entry Rd Trail, Centerville, WA 98613, USA.
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  • X-T2
  • f/22.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO800
  • 80mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.