We have more little swallowtail caterpillars! Yeah, they’re itty bitty & look like bird poop, but we all start smol. #butterfliesofmastodon #butterfly #swallowtail #Garden

Swallowtail butterfly

Have you hatched yet?
It's going to be hot again this year...

The first tiny anise swallowtail caterpillar of the season! It’s the little black diagonal in the center with a touch of white in the middle. Soon the fennel patch will welcome dozens more. #swallowtail #insects #butterflies #aniseSwallowtail #garden #entomology

#NewSpecies!
New tiger swallowtail from #canada just fluttered by:

Papilio solstitius

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/384185E1-BC5E-586F-9B6E-8AB233D37B4A
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1228.142202
#ZooKeys #PapilioSolstitius

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #lepidoptera #butterfly #tiger #swallowtail

Eastern black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes asterius) female
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Baraboo, WI, USA
#butterfly #insects #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography #swallowtail
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"i may be an older model
my wings may be ragged and torn
but you're taking my picture
& that sez something"-- swallowtail butterfly, probably

A western yellow swallowtail (Papilio rutulus) perches on a butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii) in the garden #insect #butterfly #yellowtail #flora #flower #swallowtail #garden #flowers #bugs

Blue Swallowtail (Battus philenor) on Zinnia in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on October 12, 2024

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2024Oct20_birds_and_cats/2024oct12_butterfly_IMG_1778c.html

A swallowtail butterfly species from northern Peru, now you know as much as I do, apparently there are hundreds of swallowtail species, anybody know more? tell me!!!

Blue Swallowtail (Battus philenor) on Zinnia in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on October 12, 2024

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2024Oct20_birds_and_cats/2024oct12_butterfly_IMG_1776c.html

Blue Swallowtail (Battus philenor) on Salvia farinacea in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on October 12, 2024

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2024Oct20_birds_and_cats/2024oct12_butterfly_IMG_1773c.html

Blue Swallowtail (Battus philenor) on Zinnia in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on October 12, 2024

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2024Oct20_birds_and_cats/2024oct12_butterfly_IMG_1764c.html

A western yellow swallowtail (Papilio rutulus) perches on a butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii) in the garden #insect #butterfly #yellowtail #flora #flower #swallowtail #garden #flowers #bugs

Spicebush Swallowtail at Marstons Mills Community Gardens 08/29/24 #butterfly #spicebushswallowtail #swallowtail #butterflies #butterflyphotography #butterfliesofmastodon #Nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #capecod #marstonsmills #newengland #photography #naturecommunity

In een plantsoentje hier om de hoek heeft de gemeente vlinderstruiken gezet. En die trekken me toch knappe bezoekers.

Attempting to pan and shoot a western tiger swallowtail a (Papilio rutulus) as it departs a fennel plant in low light (1/60) resulted in this blurry effect. #butterfly #tiger #swallowtail #insect #fauna #photography #westerntigerswallowtail

Tiger Swallowtail at Marstons Mills Community Gardens 08/14/24 #butterfly #tigerswallowtail #swallowtail #butterflies #butterflyphotography #butterfliesofmastodon #Nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #capecod #marstonsmills #newengland #photography #naturecommunity

Spicebush Swallowtail

- on a trail along Darby Creek

Monarchs a few days ago were not cooperative, but this one was