Wonder How They Lose Just One

Most of the swallowtails I've seen lately are all missing one tail - Wonder why it's just one each time. Otherwise, this black swallowtail looked pretty good..

[Gayle]

Beautiful capture! I'm amazed how often the wings on butterflies are so tattered and torn.

[Taffy]

Interesting capture of the detail.

[Rick]

Great shot. I think Anne indicated that the missing tails are usually from the bird attack. Guess it's a good thing that it breaks off.

[Milanie]

@rickster549 Better the tail than the butterfly, I guess!

[Lynne]

Beautiful image

[KoalaGardens🐨]

maybe because if something had grabbed both sides there would be no butterfly? lovely image!

[Helen]

Fabulous butterfly

[Tony]

Beautifully captured detail. Guess one tail was deleted (de-tail). Sorry, it is late.

[Terri]

So beautiful!

[Graham Thresher]

Amazing shot.

[Dyan Stevens]

It's so pretty. Great capture.

[Geej]

Gorgeous. Luckily, they don't lose their ability to fly with part of the wing missing.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot

[Francesca Ciarrocchi]

Love this one too!