Is there anything more timeless than a quiet moment in nature?

"Unfailing Love" is a tribute to the delicate beauty found in the world around us. This piece features a found Western Tiger Swallowtail butterfly to create a "visual refuge.”

#HopeAndHealing #BotanicalArt #TigerSwallowtail #SlowArt

March 14th is Learn about Butterflies Day. This is a video of my acrylic painting with a variety of colorful butterflies from around the world. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/4702...
#mattstarrfineart #butterflies #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #tigerswallowtail

March 14th is Learn about Butterflies Day. This is my acrylic painting with a variety of colorful butterflies from around the world. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/4702...
#mattstarrfineart #butterflies #butterfly #monarchbutterfly #tigerswallowtail

Black Tiger Swallowtail in respite, Singapore.

#flyday #butterfly #eastcoastkin #singapore #tigerswallowtail #photography #insects #bugsky #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #swallowtail #redandblackbutterfly

Prompt: Tiger Swallowtail, Leonardo da Vinci style, HD, sharp focus, stunningly beautiful, dystopian style, bleak, post-apocalyptic, somber, dramatic, highly detailed Negative prompt: ugly, deformed, noisy, blurry, low contrast, cheerful, optimistic, vibrant, colorful, extra eyes, bad eyes, ugly eyes, imperfect eyes, deformed pupils, deformed iris, cross-eyed, poorly drawn face, bad face, fused face, ugly face, worst face, unrealistic skin texture, out of frame, poorly drawn hands, cloned face, double face, blurry, bad quality Text model: silicon-masha Image model: MoxieFlux1DS

🦋 Did you know that the Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, known for its distinctive yellow and black markings, is one of the largest butterflies in North America? Its wingspan can reach up to 5 inches! #NatureTrivia #Butterflies #TigerSwallowtail #InterestingFacts […]

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A dark morph female Eastern tiger swallowtail on wild bergamot. There are several flowers in the picture. The butterfly is on the one in the center, which can barely be seen because of the size of the butterfly. It is facing up. The butterfly is almost all black, except for some beautiful iridescent markings near the bottom of its wings. There are small tails coming off the ends of the wings.

Black morph female Eastern tiger swallowtail. #EasternTigerSwallowtail #PapilioGlaucus #TigerSwallowtail. #Swallowtail #Butterfly #Insect #WildBergamot #MonardaFistulosa #Beebaum #MonardaFistulosa #Wildflower #Flower #Nature #Photography #Wisconsin

Hanging on with all 6 feet. Tiger swallowtail near Show Low, Arizona. #TigerSwallowtail #butterflies #insects #macro #photography #Arizona

I also love butterflies. This was taken last summer. #tigerswallowtail #butterflies

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtails at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve Near the end of July I was on the hunt for butterflies. Specifically Monarch butterflies. I’d tried a few of the places closer to home like Duke Farms and Mercer Meadows but I had no luck. I decided to try Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve. I’ve found butterflies there in past years. Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve isn’t at the top of my list simply because it’s a 45-minute drive out to New Hope. I arrived at the main meadow early, before Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve opened the main gate. I parked near the meadow just outside the gates. But as I walked round the meadow—all of it—disappointment started to set in. Not a single butterfly in sight. Eventually the gates opened. I thought that maybe I could find dragonflies at the pond. Which I did. But this post is about butterflies. A man and woman emerged from the woods just behind the pond. A brief conversation later and I learnt that there was a trail that led back to a spot where they’d seen many butterflies. A few minutes later and I found many Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterflies enjoying Wild Bergamot flowers. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) on Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) flowers. · Saturday 26 July 2025 FujiFilm X-T3 · ISO 250 · 1/500 sec XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR · 600 mm · f/9.0 It’s funny how often wildlife photography turns into something different from what you planned. I’d been after Monarchs, those orange-and-black migrants that everyone recognises. Instead I found Eastern Tiger Swallowtails, which are arguably more striking but somehow less celebrated. The yellow wings with their black tiger stripes and the bright blue and orange spots near the tail are unmistakable once you see them up close. The Wild Bergamot was doing its job perfectly. These pale lavender flowers with their spiky, tubular petals are native to North America and absolutely magnetic to pollinators. The Swallowtails were working the blooms methodically, moving from flower to flower with that unhurried grace that butterflies have. It’s easy to forget that what looks like leisurely floating is actually hard work—they’re refuelling, gathering nectar to power those large wings. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) on Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) flowers. · Saturday 26 July 2025 FujiFilm X-T3 · ISO 200 · 1/500 sec XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR · 600 mm · f/9.0 What struck me most was how the scene came together only after I’d given up on my original plan. I’d walked the entire meadow, checked the usual spots, felt that familiar photographer’s frustration when the subject simply isn’t there. Then a chance conversation with strangers who’d just come from the woods changed everything. They didn’t know I was looking for butterflies. They were just sharing what they’d seen. But that small exchange sent me down a trail I might not have explored otherwise. The lighting in that back section was softer, filtered through tree canopy. The background fell into that creamy green blur that wildlife photographers dream about. The butterflies were plentiful and, crucially, they were feeding rather than flying. When butterflies are nectaring they stay relatively still, wings open to catch the sun, proboscis extended into the flower. It’s the moment when you can actually capture them in detail rather than as a yellow streak across the frame. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) on Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) flowers. · Saturday 26 July 2025 FujiFilm X-T3 · ISO 250 · 1/500 sec XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR · 600 mm · f/9.0 I spent the next hour there, just watching and photographing. Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtails are slightly smaller than females and lack the blue scaling on the hindwings that females sometimes have. These were definitely males, bright yellow and bold. They seemed unbothered by my presence as long as I moved slowly and kept a respectful distance. The Fujifilm X-T3 with a telephoto lens gave me enough reach to stay back whilst still filling the frame. By the time I left, I’d completely forgotten about looking for Monarchs. I’d found something better—not because Eastern Tiger Swallowtails are objectively superior butterflies, but because they were _there_ , abundant and active, on flowers that were perfectly suited to them. It reminded me that flexibility matters as much as planning. You can research locations, check bloom times, arrive early and do everything right. But sometimes the best moments come from abandoning the plan and following a trail you hadn’t considered, simply because someone else mentioned it in passing. ### Like this: Like Loading...

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtails at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve A failed search for Monarchs led to something better.

#tigerswallowtail #butterfly

Working on a few new designs in the studio this week. The Monarch today and the Tiger swallowtail sculpture starts tomorrow. #ArtsCultureNB #dwcarving #steppublicart #saintjohnart #artslinknb #moncton #frederictonnb #monarchbutterfly #butterfly #TigerSwallowtail #craftnb #artslinknb

iger swallowtail in UV light on tulip poplar #butterfly #swallowtail #tigerswallowtail #caterpillar #nature #lepidoptera

I followed a tiger swallowtail around the garden yesterday afternoon with amazing light coming through the trees.

Nikon Z8, Nikkor 24-70mm

#butterfly #nature #tigerswallowtail #papilioglaucus #nikon #z8

Eastern tiger swallowtail 🦋 soo pretty!

#photography #bugsky #nature #butterfly #insectphotography #wildlife #flowers #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #artsky #art #portrait #macro #insect #tigerswallowtail #yellow

tiger swallowtail in the backyard
#tigerswallowtail
#butterfly
#insects
#jaxonsigns
#photography

Tiger Swallowtail butterfly

Tiger Swallowtail 🦋

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#butterfly #butterflies #swallowtail #swallowtailbutterfly #tigerswallowtail #tigerswallowtailbutterfly #flowers #summerflowers #coneflowers #dof #bokeh #bokeh_artistic #bokehphotography

Thermal #Tumbler The #SouthCarolina Territory #Butterfly, Eastern #TigerSwallowtail, is an educational illustration. The #Papilioglaucus is the colony #butterfly. #taiche #gifts #butterflylovers www.zazzle.com/south_caroli... via @zazzle

Lots of butterflies on our Joe Pye weed. Mostly Tiger swallowtails but also a lone Monarch! 🦋
#nativeplants #monarchbutterfly #tigerswallowtail #joepyeweed

I’m a tiger… rawr!

Tiger Swallowtail in Falmouth MA 08/12/25

#butterfly #TigerSwallowtail #Swallowtail #butterflies #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #ButterflyPhotography #Falmouth #CapeCod #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersofBluesky 🌿🦋

Two realistic butterflies (top is a yellow/black tiger swallowtail, bottom is an orange/black monarch) painted on clear glass in a cream-colored frame. Inside the frame is a sepia-tone photo of a young girl, which is mounted on a tan mat board and partially covered by the butterflies. The piece is sitting on a distressed white table top.

Another found photo piece (butterflies painted on front of glass + old photo mounted under the glass) available on my website 💛🧡

www.nataliejunewernimoon.com

#paintings #butterflies #butterflyart #framedart #monarchbutterfly #tigerswallowtail #butterfly #art #artsky #bugsky #vintage #smallart

Roughed up but still flying

A ‘broken’ Tiger Swallowtail in Falmouth MA 08/12/25

#butterfly #TigerSwallowtail #Swallowtail #butterflies #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #ButterflyPhotography #Falmouth #CapeCod #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersofBluesky 🌿🦋

Put a Tiger Swallowtail in your tank

Tiger Swallowtail in Falmouth MA 08/12/25

#butterfly #TigerSwallowtail #Swallowtail #butterflies #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #nature #wildlife #photography #ButterflyPhotography #Falmouth #CapeCod #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #PhotographersofBluesky 🌿🦋

#cat #butterfly #swallowtail #tigerswallowtail

Catch of the Day
#tigerswallowtail #butterfly #insect #kalamazoo #michigan #summer #yellow #pink

Yellow tiger swallowtail

#Butterfly #TigerSwallowtail

Along its #Journey a pale #TigerSwallowtail visits a kalmia #Bloom

#AugustAdventures
#PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
#Photography #EastCoastKin
#FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday

Macro picture of Tiger swallowtail’s eye, with proboscis inserted in zinnia flower, body and legs also visible. Facing right, in profile.

Tiger swallowtail on a zinnia flower, facing left, in profile.

Macro of brow-belted bumblebee feeding on a pink zinnia, facing camera, eyes, head and front of body in focus.

Macro of brow-belted bumblebee feeding on a pink zinnia, facing camera, eyes, head and front of body in focus.

How about some macro bee and butterfly pictures, with zinnias playing an important supporting role. #photography #butterfly #swallowtail #tigerswallowtail #bee #bumblebee #zinnia #macro #sonyalpha

A silent whisper of nature's magic.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, dancing on the butterfly bush, sipping nectar, graceful ballet, capturing its essence in our quiet gaze.

#bwagsphotography #easterntigerswallowtail #TigerSwallowtail #buterflyphotography #butterflygarden #nature #mothernaturesgifts

Some days are just better than other and today was a long needed good and highly productive day. Then I came home to this guy on my zinnias. Heart full…🦋🌸

#gardening #garden #zinnias #flowerreport #bloomsrolling #zone7b #butterfly #pollinationnation #swallowtail #tigerswallowtail