An award-winning nature photographer living in country Western Australia has been named Wildlife Photographer of the Year for a second time after snapping an amazing photo in her own backyard.

Georgina Steytler is a wildlife photographer from Albany, 420 kilometres south of Perth on WA's south coast.

The region is an environmental hotspot and commonly frequented by photographers hoping to capture unique images of killer and southern right whales, among other natural wonders.

However, earlier this month in London, Ms Steytler was named Wildlife Photographer of the Year in the invertebrate category for her stunning photo of a gum leaf skeletoniser, a poisonous caterpillar that wears its old head like a crown.

"I've been looking for this caterpillar for a while after I saw it in a book an

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