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28-MAR-2007

Zebra Longwings, mating

We've read about this but never thought we'd see it, much less get photographs. It seems Zebra males can tell there's a female in the chrysalis and will hang around waiting for her to emerge. That's what's happening here, the newly emerged female is mating with one of the two males that found the chrysalis. They are both hanging on to the empty chrysalis.

Nikon D200
1/30s f/18.0 at 82.0mm iso400 full exif

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