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Spicebush Swallowtail

Papilio trolius

Photo by Jacob Gorneau
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A gorgeous butterfly with bluish hindwings and faded white dots on those hindwings.

Habitat:

Found on the Albany Pine Bush preserve on Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa.

Notes:

Lifer!

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
Jacob Gorneau
Thank you very much, Dan, Jemma, Emily, Rieko, and Marta for your lovely comments. Marta, I think I was the 500,000th spotting, but I think it was this spotting instead: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/37214380
The MnMs
Jacob, very nice spotting, really? are you the 500K? congratulations!
Dan Doucette
Nice spotting and congrats on being half a million!

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PublishedAugust 19, 2013

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