Sunday, July 21, 2013

Short-tailed Swallowtail

The Short-tailed Swallowtail is not an everyday butterfly in Newfoundland. I have only seen a couple and the sightings were four years apart.
Unfortunately, most of my shots show less-than perfect specimens.
 The last two images in this series show this swallowtail setting up and laying eggs. Very interesting.





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  1. caribougrrlJuly 28, 2013 at 11:55 AM

    Lovely photos; not easy to find pics of short-tailed swallowtails in Newfoundland. Linked to you for pictures of the adult; a couple days after you posted these, we spotted some caterpillars.

    http://moosecurrry.blogspot.ca/2013/07/chasing-lovage-stumbling-on-plantain.html

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