Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

One of my favorites; easy ID.
» ID’ed at BAMONA as “Papilio glaucus” or “Eastern Tiger Swallowtail”
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Looking back
1 year ago: “Finally! Another Tiger!”
2 years ago: “Spicebush Swallowtail”
3 years ago: “ETSOOI’ed moth” (terrible photo; never ID’ed)
4 years ago: “How are distances for highway signs measured?”
5 years ago: “Zebra swallowtail (on Sweet basil)”
6 years ago: “Crab spider”
7 years ago: “Christine”
8 years ago: “Nashoba Valley Winery”
9 years ago: “Before”

[ IMG_1051S100x75Utm :: 240mm ]

[Mags]

Instant FAV! Beautiful capture! May I pin it?

[Esther Rosenberg]

Beautiful, like the lightning on the wings

[Jane Pittenger]

Complete with butterfly bush

[Thom Mitchell]

@marlboromaam Of course you may pin!

[Thom Mitchell]

@jgpittenger Yes!

[Mags]

@rhoing Thank you - pinned!

[GaryW]

Gorgeous!! We don't seem to have the flowers to attract these any more. Our two "butterfly bushes" both died a couple years ago.

[Thom Mitchell]

@thewatersphotos Ours is in trouble: “trunks” keep falling over -- weak roots? While it seems otherwise healthy enough, shooting out flower heads, it doesn't seem to be attracting the same volume and diversity of traffic it once did.