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eastern tiger swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
30.302, -93.3498
Field Notes
Description:
The wingspan ranges from 7.9 to 14 cm (3.1 to 5.5 in)[4] with females being the larger sex. Southern individuals are larger than northern ones. The yellow morph differs from the male in having a blue postmedian area on the dorsal hind wing. In the dark morph, the areas that are normally yellow are replaced with dark gray or black.
Habitat:
Common habitats include woodlands, fields, rivers, creeks, roadsides, and gardens. It will stray into urban parks and city yards.[4][14][15] Because it has adapted to many different habitats and host plants, P. glaucus is a generalist, and is not considered threatened.[
Notes:
This is the same butterfly. The lighting, as with alot of butterflies changes the colors vastly. I swear it was laying eggs, in the sandy, debris near the horse's barn. What I read though was that they lay their eggs on/in vegetation.
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