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Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Papilio cresphontes

Photo by tomk3886
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Field Notes

Description:

Large yellow and black swallowtail. Largest butterfly in North America.

Habitat:

Found on Tithonia in the fallow part of our vegetable garden.

Notes:

Tithonia has naturalized in our garden. By this time of the summer it's taken over large areas and will be attracting lots of pollinators till frost. Especially butterflies.

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