Umber skipper's delight
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What fun to observe the umber skipper flitting from flower to flower in the backyard.
First I saw it sipping on nectar from the orange Klondike cosmos flowers.
Look at those lovely wings.
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Then it remained a long time on the top of a lavender flower head.
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