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Eastern Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Papilio cresphontes

Photo by maplemoth662
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Field Notes

Description:

At 9:00 a.m. in the morning, I went outside, and I spotted something yellow, that was resting among the green plants. This was on the right side of my front door, and about six feet away. This yellow object, was a large butterfly. I grabbed my camera, and I then took some photos, of this large butterfly. This large butterfly, did not look injured. 11:00 a.m. This large butterfly, flew away.

Habitat:

I spotted this large butterfly, resting among some green plants.

Notes:

I spotted this large butterfly, resting among some green plants, at 9:00 a.m. in the morning.

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Comments (2)

wow right in you own garden! Looks like you have a treasure out there!looking forward to more bug spottings!Thanks for sharing.
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PublishedApril 17, 2017

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