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Black swallowtail (female)

Papilio polyxenes

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Notes:

We don't often see black swallowtail here so this one was a rare treat for us.

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Papilio polyxenes

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Comments (7)
KarenL
Added to Animals with Warning Colors mission. The Black swallowtail & other species such as the Spicebush swallowtail & the black morph of the Eastern tiger swallowtail mimic the poisonous Pipevine swallowtail.
KarenL
It's actually a buddleia aka butterfly bush. I've planted mainly native species but I did put in a few of these as the butterflies seem to love it so much!
SandraH
what a beautiful butterfly!

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PublishedSeptember 27, 2011

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