Thanks! I kinda love that she lost a bit of her “tail” on the left but seemed unaffected and unafraid - our scars make us beautiful - #spicebushswallowtail

A spicebush swallowtail butterfly is sitting on the ground. The pic, shot from above, shows large black wings slightly apart. The black background is contrasted by white-to-teal splotches on the wing edges, with two orange spots near the body.

Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus). #photography #butterfly #butterflies #insect #floridainsect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #spicebushswallowtail #spicebushbutterfly #naturephotograph #photos A

A spicebush swallowtail butterfly, with black wings speckled with white, orange and aqua blue splotches, is drinking nectar from the red flower of a cypress vine morning glory. The morning glory vines are entangled with the mesh of a chain-link fence.

Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) getting a drink out of a Cypress vine morning glory (Ipomoea quamoclit). #photography #butterfly #butterflies #insect #floridainsect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #spicebushswallowtail #spicebushbutterfly #naturephotograph

Close-up photo of a butterfly (Spicebush swallowtail) wing, dark and velvety with glowing orange spots highlighted in pale blue.

Black velvet twilight
Tiny embers spark and glow
Beauty marks of night

#haikufeels #Prompt #Ember #Haiku #Poetry #Nature #Macro #Micropoetry #Photography #Abstract #Insects #Butterflies #SpicebushSwallowtail #ImageAndVerse #Haiga

Observed a Papilio troilus (Spicebush Swallowtail) feeding on nectar from a butterfly bush
#PapilioTroilus #SpicebushSwallowtail #Lepidoptera #ButterflyObservation #PollinatorEcology #Entomology #InsectBiodiversity #WildlifeDocumentation #NatureResearch #ButterflyBush #ScientificPhotography

A spicebush swallowtail butterfly resting on pink & white gladiolus.

Pretty in pink 🦋🥰

#spicebush #spicebushswallowtail
#butterfly #butterflies
#nature #naturephotography #photography
#macro #macrophotography
#swallowtail #swallowtails #swallowtailbutterfly
#lepidoptera

Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly on a Thistle plant, Oakwoods Metro Park, New Boston, Michigan 8/30/2025. #butterfly #SpicebushSwallowtail #michigan #puremichigan #blueskyphotography #photography #nature #blueskybutterflies #naturephotography

A photo of of a dark brown-black Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio troilus) on a pink Bee Balm (Monarda sp.) flower.

Spicebush Swallowtail
One of four dark butterflies
To show us the light

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Spice #Haiku #Poetry #Insects #BlueskyPhotography #Butterflies #SpicebushSwallowtail #Nature #Wildlife #Garden #Gardening

A monarch butterfly resting on a bright pink zinnia. Its wings are orange and black, with white speckles on the edges.

A spicebush swallowtail butterfly resting on a zinnia with its wings fully extended outward. Its wings are mostly black, with blue on the bottom and orange dappling the edges. The bright pink zinnia is visible beneath it.

My daughter was so excited to see these in the garden she was squealing!! 😂💚💚 🌱📸 #butterfly #bloomposting #gardensky #monarchbutterfly #spicebushswallowtail

Spicebush Swallowtail. Bless you, Google Image Search, for the identification. #butterfly #butterflies #spicebushswallowtail #spicebushswallowtails #nature #garden #photography #ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇᴘʜᴏᴛᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ

A beautiful Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly lighted briefly on our white butterfly bush this morning.

#Flowers #ButterflyBush #SpicebushSwallowtail #Butterfly #SpicebushSwallowtailButterfly #BloomScrolling #TrumbullCT #Connecticut

Spicebush Swallowtail butterflies in our garden (August 15, 2025)

#spicebushswallowtail #butterflies #butterfly #photography #nature #nikond500

A black Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly with blue-green markings on its hindwings and cream-colored spots on its wing edges, is perched on a cluster of small purple Butterfly Bush florets against a soft gray background.

Lone life seeks a bloom,
Finds a much needed, sweet patch,
Fuel for one more day.

#Haikufeels #Patch #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry
#BlueskyPhotography #Flowers #ButterflyBush #Insects #Butterfly #Butterflies #SpicebushSwallowtail #Wildlife

A yellow Eastern Tiger Swallowtail rests on the ground, likely drinking water and gathering nutrients from the soil!

A black with orange and blue spots Spicebush Swallowtail rests on some small rocks.

A black and yellow striped Zebra Longwing butterfly rests on a flower.

A brown Horace's Duskywing butterfly rests on some mulch.

(1/2)The butterflies were out in full force the other day at Mead Botanical Gardens! 😍🦋🌈

#wildlifephotography #nature #photography #myphoto #butterfly #butterflies #entomology #insectsofbluesky #easterntigerswallowtail #spicebushswallowtail #zebralongwing #horcesduskywing #butterfliesofbluesky

A Caterpie meets a spicebush swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio troilus)

Both Caterpie and the spicebush swallowtail caterpillar emit a stink from their osmeteriums (the brightly colored head-fork)!
#insect #bug #spicebushswallowtail #caterpillar #caterpie #pokemon #doodle

It all starts here! At just 2mm long, I spotted this freshly hatched Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillar. It is already on its journey to becoming a beautiful butterfly. Its host plant? Spicebush. Want these butterflies in your yard? Plant natives.
#SpicebushSwallowtail #PlantNatives #BackyardWildlife

Found tiny Spicebush and Black Swallowtail caterpillars this morning—already hatching and feeding!
The Spicebush cats are right at home on our native spicebush.

Plant host plants. Butterflies can’t raise young without them.

#Rewild #NativePlants #Butterflies #SpicebushSwallowtail #swallowtail

A Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar on host plant, Spicebush (Lindera benzoin). This caterpillar is all green but cleverly has circled patterns and colors on its back to look like eyes of a snake! And this looks like a real life version of the character Caterpie in Pokémon! The caterpillar’s head is visible in this photo closest to the leaf. It is white. backyardwildlife Linderabenzoin caterpillars bugsky biodiversity ecology invertebrates

Hey Pokémon fans, do you see a resemblance?! This is the adorable Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar 🐛 🥹 How do you support the Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly in your backyard? Grow their host plant: spicebush, sassafras (species in the Laurel family) #papiliotroilus #spicebushswallowtail

This Spicebush Swallowtail just emerged—one that overwintered from last fall in my outdoor butterfly tent! I’ve planted Spicebush-Lindera benzoin-their host plant around the area to increase their numbers. it’s working. Native plants bring wildlife back. #Rewild #SpicebushSwallowtail #NativePlants

An early instar stage of the Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar. Mimicry helps to mistaken this caterpillar as bird droppings when young but mimicry is also hinting the soon to be snake-like features as this caterpillar matures.

The Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar hides in a rolled up leaf during the day. It actively feeds at night to avoid predators such as birds.

A photograph of a Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly.

Adding nativeplants shrub Lindera benzoin (spicebush) supports the Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly. Our account will post frequent updates so you can watch this 🐛 transform into a real life version of Pokémon’s Caterpie! Stay tuned! #papiliotroilus #spicebushswallowtail #linderabenzoin

Spicebush swallowtail butterfly sipping from jewel weed.

Spicebush swallowtail caterpillar I photographed at a Caterpillar Lab event.

Spicebush swallowtail caterpillars eat spicebush and sassafras. Adults sip nectar from flowering plants such as milkweed, honeysuckle and thistle. They live in the Eastern United States westward to the Great Plains. #nature #butterflies #caterpillars #spicebushswallowtail #biodiversity #365species

Spicy!

Spicebush Swallowtail in Marstons Mills MA 08/29/24 🦋 #butterfly #spicebushswallowtail #naturephotography #photography #marstonsmills #capecod

Butterflies are free!

Spicebush Swallowtail in Falmouth MA 07/04/24 🦋 #spicebushswallowtail #butterfly #naturephotography #falmouth #capecod #photography

Spicey

Still Spicey

Spicebush Swallowtail in Mashpee MA 07/01/24 🦋 #spicebushswallowtail #butterfly #butterflies #naturephotography #Mashpee #capecod #photography

A spicebush swallowtail (with 2 of its wings torn to hell) decided to drink from the milkweed today !! I love swallowtail butterflies, man, they're so pretty

#bug #butterfly #milkweed #milkweedflower #swallowtail #swallowtailbutterfly #spicebushswallowtail #spicebushswallowtailbutterfly