And an absolutely stunning female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail today for #InsectThursday. She is enormous, with an estimated wingspan of at least 5.5 inches.
She is making a clear statement that #SwallowtailSeason is still kicking.
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Happy Autumn from the female Black Swallowtail. 🖤💛💙🧡
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Happy Saturday from the beautiful female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Black form). She is enjoying wild White Crownbeard nectar along the edge of our southwestern woods.
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A beautiful female Black Swallowtail on a pink Zinnia. 🖤💛💙🧡🩷
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Female Spicebush Swallowtail doing her best impression of Cupid’s Arrow through the heart. I love you too, my friend. 💘
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A beautiful female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Black form) on a pink double Zinnia.
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Another beautiful female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Black form) for #InsectThursday
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You may need the beauty of a male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail tonight.
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A giant female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Black form) on a golden Zinnia.
Depending on the first freeze, we likely have another eight weeks of the butterfly season. 🙌
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Black Swallowtail chrysalis. You never know where they will show up. Its caterpillar decided to crawl twenty feet away from the Fennel that it had fattened up on and climbed an additional eight feet to attach to our house gutter.
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Happy Sunday!
Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail for #SundayYellow 💛
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Black Swallowtail butterfly in flight with a Mexican Sunflower in the foreground.
Black Swallowtail butterfly in flight.
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A Black Swallowtail feeds on a Mexican Sunflower.
A Black Swallowtail that I spotted yesterday.
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A Black Swallowtail butterfly stand atop a thistle flower. There is also a bumblebee, another butterfly and some other pollinator on the same flower.
Not one, but four pollinators on one thistle! The star being the Black Swallowtail on top.
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A stunning female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Black form) to celebrate the weekend. 💙
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Happy Friday from the female Black Swallowtail 🖤💛💙🧡
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We need a female butterfly for #InsectThursday
How about a gorgeous Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Black form) basking in the evening sunlight.
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And an electric blue Pipevine Swallowtail (male) for #InsectThursday
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Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail for #InsectThursday
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Female Spicebush Swallowtail and a Skipper butterfly for #InsectThursday
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A Black Swallowtail feeds on a thistle. Part of a Bumblebee is also visible.
A Black Swallowtail that I spotted this evening at Eloise Butler Garden. Everything is in bloom and beautiful right now.
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The female Pipevine Swallowtail wishes you a wonderful day. 🖤🤍💙🧡
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Spicebush Swallowtail flirtation in the garden. Female on the left. 🖤🤍💙🧡
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A shimmering, electric blue male Pipevine Swallowtail on Garden Phlox
🖤🤍💙🧡🩷
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A vibrant male Black Swallowtail recently out of his chrysalis. 🖤💛💙🧡
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Female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Black form) for #SaturdayOrange
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Another shot of a Black Swallowtail caterpillar. This one is with a stink bug on fennel.
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A striking male Black Swallowtail to kick off the weekend. 🖤💛💙🧡
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Happy Friday from the Black Swallowtail caterpillar. She’s definitely ready to move to her chrysalis stage after fattening up on fennel.
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