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Eastern tiger swallowtail (black female)

Papilio glaucus

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Description:

The male Eastern tiger swallowtail is yellow with four black "tiger stripes" on each fore wing. Females may be either yellow or black, making them dimorphic. The yellow morph is similar to the male, while the dark morph is almost completely black.

Notes:

Two beautiful black female tiger swallowtails in my garden this morning.

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Eastern tiger swallowtail

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KarenL
Added to Animals with Warning Colors mission. The black morph of the eastern tiger swallowtail & other species such as the Spicebush swallowtail & the red-spotted purple mimic the poisonous Pipevine swallowtail.

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PublishedAugust 21, 2011

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