I posted an image of a Pipevine Swallowtail last year — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-06-19 — but that was of the more colorful undersides of the wings. Today this specimen was posing for me for a long time with wings open!
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@jtookey150 Thank you, Jean. The swallowtails are definitely captivating!
@xtech Thanks so much, Elaine! Yesterday was quite a day in the garden. There was a pair or more of hummingbird moths and a pair of hummingbirds as well. The hummingbird images weren't very good; certainly not as good as this!
@cjwhite Thank you, Carolyn! And according to the regional coordinator at BAMONA (Butterflies and Moths of North America [dot] [org]), this is not another Pipevine Swallowtail, but rather a Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus). Sigh — I thought this one was a slam-dunk Pipevine.
July 28th, 2012
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@digitalrn Indeed, she does, Rick!
@jtookey150 Thank you, Jean. The swallowtails are definitely captivating!
@xtech Thanks so much, Elaine! Yesterday was quite a day in the garden. There was a pair or more of hummingbird moths and a pair of hummingbirds as well. The hummingbird images weren't very good; certainly not as good as this!