Painted Crescents, Phyciodes picta, mated pair on lacy tansyaster, Machaeranthera pinnatifida

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Size: 5100px × 3378px
Location: Black Mesa State Park, Oklahoma,
Photo credit: © Bryan Reynolds / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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