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Butterflies and blossoms

August 15, 2022 6:55 pm • Last Updated: August 15, 2022 6:56 pm

By Sean D. Elliot
Director of Photography

s.elliot@theday.com

An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, Papilio glaucus, alights on a blossom in the cutting garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Monday, August 15, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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A pair of monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus, vie for space on the same flower blossom in the cutting garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Monday, August 15, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Two eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, Papilio glaucus, alight on blossoms in the cutting garden at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford Monday, August 15, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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