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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

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Description:

as you can see, hopefully better in the last photos, this poor guy has an injured tail. he was flying without any trouble, though.

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Comments (18)
dotun55
Nice view against the sky. Good job!
Caleb Steindel
your welcome chief, as always! and thanks again jemma! best wishes! ;)
Joseph CHIEF REDEARTH
Wow thanks Jemma and LandmarkExpert for that wonderful observation about Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
HemaShah
Land MArk, I have not studied both that carefully to make any comments. But i will soon do some research and let you know in a day or two.
Caleb Steindel
so it looks like eastern swallowtails have more blue on the tails, plus darker yellow and longer black stripes than western, correct?
HemaShah
You are welcome Land MArk. I liked your observation about the 3 species. No book is going to give that kind of stuff.
Caleb Steindel
thank you for the info, jemma! and that's a nice western tiger, how do you tell the difference between eastern and western?
HemaShah
and this one like yours likes purple flowers too. It was flying around so gracefully!! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/24653072
HemaShah
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/23248043
HemaShah
might seem a little funny ,but this butterfly decided to accompany me for 30 minutes. As though it was acknowledging my presence and friendship. I tis a resident and flies around the neighborhood. Always busy. that day though it voluntarily sat on the camphor tree. They are alert and aware of their surroundings!!
Caleb Steindel
that is my experience as well jemma. the other day i was photographing butterflies and moths in our neighbors butterfly bush, and there was a tiger swallowtail and an eastern black swallowtail. the eastern black was quite skittish, and very fast, so it flew away whenever i got the slightest bit near it. the tiger, on the other hand, was very calm, and let me get extremely close.
HemaShah
My experience with this butterfly is that it is a very friendly butterfly.
Caleb Steindel
thanks chief and kranti for your favorites and comments. yes, that is a possibility thanks kranti.

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PublishedAugust 3, 2013

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