Spicebush swallowtail

The "median row" of orange spots is the giveaway feature for identifying this butterfly. Not many frames today: a packing-and-departure day for our trip to San Francisco. We have a 7 a.m. flight out of St. Louis tomorrow, so we'll spend tonight in an airport hotel, rather than make the 2-or-3-hour trip to the airport to arrive an hour or two before 7 a.m.

Confirmed at BAMONA as “Papilio troilus” or “Spicebush swallowtail”; http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/1092611

Species pages:
» BAMONA, http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-troilus
» BugGuide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/2648

1 year ago (“I have this grasshopper-y thingy. Your place or mine?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-07-16
2 years ago (“Vancouver to Victoria, BC” — video): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-07-16
3 years ago (“Widow skimmer [SOOC]”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-07-16
4 years ago (“NOT a Pipevine Swallowtail!”: an ID correction now that I know a little bit more about butterflies…): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-07-16
5 years ago (“Au Revoir”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-07-16

[ IMG_1010S12x8tm :: f/7.1 :: 1/400" :: ISO-400 :: 250mm ]