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Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Papilio polyxenes

Photo by alexdk
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Description:

Observed these two males at the beach.

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Papilio polyxenes

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Comments (1)
KarenL
Most probably "mud puddling" for minerals! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud-puddling Please can you remove the wiki reference from the scientific name box & replace with the scientific name as this is the info used by the system to link this to other spottings of the same species. Thanks!

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PublishedFebruary 8, 2012

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