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eastern tiger swallowtail

  1. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (female dark morph)

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (female dark morph)

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus: Papilionidae) or just Tiger Swallowtail, female dark morph. Interesting that only the females have a dark morph. Wingspan 8.9-14.0 cm (3.5-5.5 in). Nectaring buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis: Rubiaceae).
  2. Pretty on Pretty

    Pretty on Pretty

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Mimosa Tree
  3. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus: Papilionidae) closed wing (ventral view). The picture of the open wing view is the same butterfly as this one. Wingspan 8.9-14.0 cm (3.5-5.5 in).
  4. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus: Papilionidae) open wing (dorsal view). Wingspan 8.9-14.0 cm (3.5-5.5 in). Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Post Oak Savannah vegetation area. Bottomland hardwood forest at 64 m elevation. Alum and Lick Creek floodplain...
  5. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.jpg

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus: Papilionidae)
  6. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (female) black morph.jpg

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (female) black morph.jpg

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus: Papilionidae) female (black morph). Nectaring button bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis: Rubiaceae)
  7. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (female).jpg

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (female).jpg

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus: Papilionidae) female. Wingspan 8.9-14.0 cm (3.5-5.5 in). Nectaring common lantana (Lantana camara: Verbenaceae).
  8. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Female

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Female

    Picture taken Spring of 2020 in China Grove, Piedmont Region, North Carolina using cell phone camera The butterfly is on a purple, Common Hibiscus, Hibiscus syriacus.
  9. Not my usual ;)

    Not my usual ;)

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail nurturing on the Fuschia Tree.
  10. Profile View

    Profile View

    One of my favorite Swallowtails enjoying the Lantana
  11. Lots of Yellow

    Lots of Yellow

    Enjoying the Lantana
  12. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucous: Papilionidae) Wingspan 8.9-14.0 cm (3.5-5.5 in). Perched on Texas Ash. Fort Worth Nature Center, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA. Fort Worth Prairie within the Cross Timbers and Prairies Vegetational Area. Riparian adjacent to the boardwalk...
  13. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (female-dark morph)

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (female-dark morph)

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus: Papilionidae) Wingspan 8.9-14.0 cm (3.5-5.5 in). Dark morph female. Nectaring an attractive shrub Duranta erecta: Verbenaceae. Garden at Brazos Valley Arboretum, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Planted garden in surrounding arboretum.
  14. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    This is the male. I'm not sure what this wild flower is. Stanley?
  15. Handstand

    Handstand

  16. Swallowtail

    Swallowtail

    This particular Swallowtail has been quite sparse around here this season. Very happy to see it when it landed
  17. Finally here

    Finally here

    Few and far between this season but a couple showed up this past week.
  18. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus: Papilionidae) Wingspan 7.9-14.0 cm (3.1-5.5 in). Nectaring Zinnia elegans. Garden at Brazos Valley Arboretum, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Planted garden in surrounding arboretum.
  19. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

  20. Hey, it's my turn....

    Hey, it's my turn....

    The butterfly is about to fly, believe me.
  21. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    The butterflies were really flying this day. I must have taken 8 different species. I believe this female is sipping nectar from a Bergamot.
  22. It's a tough life out there...

    It's a tough life out there...

    but it's made its way on to this Mountain Laural for a little nourishment.
  23. Eastern Tiger Swallowtails

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtails

    Taken last summer.
  24. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

    I wonder if anyone out there know what the name of this wildflower (plant) is?
  25. Tiger on a Butterfly Bush

    Tiger on a Butterfly Bush

    Lots of Pipevine and Tiger Swallowtails this year.
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