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From the wilds of Mongolia to the wilds of my backyard for this pic of the Tiger Swallowtail's Caterpillar. These are typically green but as they get ready to pupate they turn red-ish orange.
A cropped photo of a Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on a blooming plum tree. This was taken in Prince William Forest Park. #NPS #PrinceWilliamForestPark #butterfly #PlumTreeBlooms #TigerSwallowtailButterfly
Swallowtail Butterflies seem to be the butterfly of abundance this year. I have noticed a few Monarch Butterfly caterpillars lately so hopefully we will begin seeing more of them...Thank you very much for viewing my photo ! I truly appreciate any faves, comments and awards 😀
Two dozen Tiger Lilies on the hill are visited repeatedly and regularly by Western Tiger Swallowtail butterflies once the sun gets high enough to warm the air. Photo taken at Priest Lake, Idaho
I took this photo in my yard just a little bit ago. I was happy this year to get blossoms on my butterfly bushes, since we have had very sparse rain this summer.
Three weeks before we set off for Yellowstone, I bought this new Can on SX50, the camera that I use to this day. My goal with the extended focal length was to get as many new species of birds as I could. Before we leftm the SX50 was put through it's paces with Western Bluebirds, a Say's Phoebe, Brown-headed Cowbird, and many insects and flowers. I was running the gamut of my digital photography experiences.
I was very happy with the camera, and was now ready for whatever Nevada, Idaho, and Wyoming had to offer. Second stop (nothing in Winnemucca), Twin Falls, Idaho. I got some fantastic images of Magpies but, to truly make a short story shorter, I accidently formatted the SDHC card in the camera. We stayed over an extra day to see if I could get the magpies as well, but the answer was no. What I ended up with was this image of the Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, an insect we have at home, but having and capturing are two different things. Still, I was quite pleased with this shot.
Btw, our first day in Yellowstone netted me seven lifers. I'll post a few of the images from the Yellowstone archives in the next few months. I have to mete them out because, since August 17, 2021, I am getting perhaps one new bird image every quarter. Pretty much everything else are flowers. I am not complaining. It is what it is, and at least it IS better than nothing and the experiences are still satisfying. Besides, three weeks ago, I got that Anna's Hummingbird who, realizing that we were in deep shade, "sat for me" for five minutes. That's 4 minutes and 40 seconds more than what I normally get from an Anna's.
A Tiger Swallowtail butterfly lands on a Tiger Lily searching for lunch.
Photos taken on the shore of Priest Lake, Idaho.
A change of pace from Mt. Diablo in springtime with a few wildflowers and this, a Tiger swallowtail butterfly on a Periwinkle wildflower, both found in Sequoia NP.
The Western Tiger swallowtail, or Papilio rutulus, can be found in almost all western states and two Canadian provinces. The Periwinkle, or Vinca major, can be found all over the world, but to bring the two together was just what I was looking for along the banks of the Merced River. For one of the only times when I went looking for one or another species, I found two.
I have much better images of the Periwinkle, and perhaps I'll end this four day run of wildflowers with another of those.
A casual visit from a tiger swallowtail butterfly resting and getting nectar on a tithonia aka Mexican sunflower after laying eggs on it’s host plant a wild lime tree.
Happy Monday
West Pond, Parsonsfield, Maine.
The sun actually came out today briefly, about all we have seen here for the past four days is heavy overcast and rain.
While the sun was out I managed to get a couple of shots of this Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly visiting our Miss Kim lilacs.
West Pond, Parsonsfield, Maine.
The sun actually came out today briefly, about all we have seen here for the past four days is heavy overcast and rain.
While the sun was out I managed to get a couple of shots of this Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly visiting our Miss Kim lilacs.
“Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.”
- Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
Enjoy your Saturday -- I'll be back later to catch up!
West Pond, Parsonsfield, Maine.
Our Miss Kim lilacs are attracting scores of Tiger Swallowtail butterfly's, I couldn't even count how many where around them this morning.