No wonder they see me coming [Filler]

The eyes are huge. A Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus).

There is nothing else this butterfly could be except Eurytides marcellus, so instead of submitting for identification, I did something I haven’t done before: I posted it directly to the species section at BugGuide.net. I hope I haven’t taken a step down a slippery slope! :)

Quite surprisingly, this is the first record at BugGuide of this species in Illinois after July.

» This image at BugGuide.net
» Species pages: [ BAMONA ] [ BugGuide ] [ UK Butterflies ]

Looking back
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 4 years ago: “Common Buckeye (above) [Filler]”
 5 years ago: “Another dawn row”
 6 years ago: “The evolution of storage”
 7 years ago: “Do you mind?”
 8 years ago: “Celebrating!”
 9 years ago: “Pinwheel macro”
10 years ago: “Rain!”
11 years ago: “August abstract #5”

[ IMG_3706S100x75tm :: 60mm ]

[Mags]

Beautiful shot! I've been having a whole lot of trouble trying to capture these flitting creatures. I may have captured one, but it was on b&w mode. LOL! Just my luck.

[Danette Thompson]

He’s beautiful. And what a great focus on his eye

[Kathy]

Nice clear focus and lovely patterns and colors.