Parking lot ‘find’

Went to the drivers license office yesterday to renew a license plate and found this in the parking lot. Not a part of the “circle of life” apparently — just fell out of the sky? Brought it home to photograph in the foldio and realized after-the-fact—this image captures a bit of the coiled-up proboscis.

ID’ed at BAMONA as “Papilio troilus” or “Spicebush Swallowtail”; https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/1142855

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

1 year ago (“Eastern Pondhawk (male)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2016-08-02
2 years ago (“An August abstract?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-08-02
3 years ago (“Green River”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-08-02
4 years ago (“Silver-spotted skipper”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-08-02
5 years ago (“Like shooting fish in a barrel!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-08-02
6 years ago (“Car-of-the-Month, August”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-08-02

[ IMG_7380S900x675Otm :: f/9 :: 1/50" :: ISO-1600 :: 60mm ]

[Jane Anderson]

You've given him a more noble passing than most butterflies!

[Danette Thompson]

Aw...so pretty, though.