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Old World Swallowtail, lastin rep

Papilio machaon

Photo by Jopy
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

family Papilionidae, has yellow wings with black vein markings, and a wingspan of 60-90 millimetres, the hind wings of both sexes have a pair of protruding tails which give the butterfly its common name from the resemblance to the birds of the same name. Just below each tail is a red eye spot.

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Comments (3)

moras imati profil na you tubu ili necem slicnom i onda samo stavis link nakon sta si film uploadao preko svog profila na you tube ;) meni je pre komplicirano pa mi se nikad neda
imam i filmić ali ga ne znam staviti :D
E tog sam ja ganjala neki dan pa nista, a sjecam se da sam ih ko mala imala pun vrt, bilo ih je puno vise nego danas!

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