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It rained today,
and the tigers weren't out
Then I saw this lady coming out from a bush
She fluttered around a good five minutes before settling on this leaf near me
I thought it was common gull
but it wasn't
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) is a large (12 cm wingspan) swallowtail butterfly. It is found in the Eastern United States, as far north as southern Vermont, and as far West as extreme Eastern Colorado. It flies from spring through fall, and most of the year in the southern portions of its range, where it may produce two or three broods a year. In the Appalachian region, it is replaced by the closely-related and only recently described larger-sized Papilio appalachiensis, and in the north, it is replaced by the closely-related Papilio canadensis. These three species can be very difficult to distinguish, and were formerly all considered to be a single species. Adult males are yellow, with four black "tiger stripes" on each fore wing. The trailing edges of the fore and hind wings are black which is broken with yellow spots. On the medial margin of the hind wing next to the abdomen there are small red and blue spots.
Shot at RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
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This is a female. Found in Sweden.
Wikipedia:
The scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae) is a butterfly of the copper or gossamer-winged butterfly family.
Lycaena virgaureae lives preferably on flower-rich, dry and damp meadows in Central Europe. In Spain it is found in the Pyrenees and in the Cantabrian Mountains. In southern France it is found in the Massif Central. Its area of distribution reaches the Arctic Circle in Fennoscandia in the north; in the south it reaches north and northwest Greece. It is not found, however, on the British Isles, in Belgium, or the Netherlands. It can be found as far east as Mongolia. The scarce copper is found at elevations of 1,000 to 2,000 meters.[2]
First speckled wood butterfly of the year arrived in the garden today so I thought I'd start getting it used to the camera. These butterflies are territorial and tend to hang around the same area for weeks.
Watch out, someone is waiting under that pretty pink thistle..
Quite the hair-do on the butterfly, no?
I was outside the other day walking around the garden and spotted this little guy on our Asters. Actually there were several species and they were everywhere getting the last nectar of the year.
May 21st, Day 141 of 365
Such a hard day to pick a photo..... after several years of saying I was going to go, I made it to the Franklin Park Conservatory for their annual butterfly exhibit. And I took lots of photos. Pretty butterflies.... so many, all over, not wanting to stay still for me. So if you like butterfly and insect macros, I've posted several of the shots from the visit in my stream.