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Pipevine Swallowtail

Battus philenor

Photo by TextileRanger
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Field Notes

Description:

About 4 inches across.

Habitat:

Flower garden in Piney Woods region of Texas.

Notes:

Unlike the other swallowtail butterflies in my area, Pipe-vine Swallowtails don't have any orange spots on their dorsal (top) side.

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Comments (7)
Sew
really nice..love it..
TextileRanger
And since digital cameras have that delay after you press the button, it's even harder to get the shot you want! I just take a lot and sort them out afterward. :) Thank you for the very kind comment!
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
TextileRanger, Your collection of Swallowtails Butterflies is fantastic. I will try that with the Swallowtails here, (holding my breath... ; ), they just will not stop fluttering and have not been able to get any good pictures.
TextileRanger
I held my breath the whole time I was taking pictures, afraid to scare it off! :)

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Biodiversity of Texas
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Texas Wildlife Photographers
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Butterflies & Moths of Texas
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedAugust 23, 2014

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