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| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
This beauty was visiting Charlotte H's yard on a recent sunny day.
Eastern
Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus, according
to Wikipedia is a species of swallowtail
butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar
butterflies in the eastern United States, where it is common in many different
habitats. It flies from spring to fall, during which it produces two to three
broods.
Swallowtails live about two weeks, feeding on nectar as
adults and as caterpillars on plants from the magnolia and rosaceae families. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_glaucus
This
picture is a female, which come in both yellow and black forms and are
distinguished by the string of blue spots along the hindwing. Beautiful but
deadly: both the caterpillar and adult swallowtails are said to be poisonous!
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