Girl on a mission…

Didn’t realize what I’d captured until I downloaded the image, and I simply have to forego some images with some “wow factor” to post this one. This is a female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus). Gender is pretty obvious if you look closely enough. She’s quite beaten up, but she’s obviously still “air-worthy” and clearly has a maternal task to perform!

Photo taken in the campus garden next to the SIUC Plant Biology Greenhouse, http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/greenhouse/index.php

One year ago (“The variety of ‘life’”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-07-29
Two years ago (“Alone in the garden”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-07-29

[Rick Schies]

Oh wow Thom, this one is fantastic. She is so full of color, and just love those patterns

[Caryn]

Wow! What a find...

[Ginger Sanders]

De Colores!

[Jean Tookey]

Stunning!

[Danette Thompson]

Are those eggs? Great angle of this pretty lady.

[Michelle]

That is amazing.. I love this

[Thom Mitchell]

@danette I think so! I have submitted the photo to BugGuide; I hope they'll confirm that suspicion!

[Lisa Pouncy]

I'm trying to catch up now I'm home from uni and really only have time to comment on one photo from each of you so this is the one of yours I like the best from the ones I have missed. So fantastic xx

[Thom Mitchell]

@psychographer Thanks, Lisa! Going away can be fun, but things pile up in our absence. Fun stuff as well as the not-so-fun stuff!