03 June 2014

A late spring arrival (Papilio polyxenes)


Our first Black Swallowtail eclosed this week; it had spent the winter in a chrysalis in our screen porch.  On the day it emerged, a Giant Swallowtail cruised through the garden and we saw an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail up in the trees, giving us the uncommon Swallowtail Trifecta.

2 comments:

  1. :-) i an jealous! :-)

    i do have an eastern tiger swallowtail feeding on the paulonia blossoms.

    I-)

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  2. different from what we have in texas. purple and blue

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