Swallowtail Butterfly

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Larvae of The Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) shown on Florida Native WAT...

Caterpillar of The Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio polyxenes)
by: PineLilyFNPS

Giant Swallowtail larvae on Persian Lime Tree
by: PineLilyFNPS

Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)

Florida's only native kite swallowtail. Host plants a...

Paw Paws pay off: Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly
by: PineLilyFNPS

Natures Awesome Beauty
by: huntdaddy

Palamedes Swallowtail - Papilio palamedes

I was passing by the Red Bay sapling (Persea borbon...

Palamedes Swallowtail Caterpillar Larvae shown on Red Bay
by: PineLilyFNPS

Zebra Swallowtail (Asimina reticulata) shown on Florida Native Plant Netted Pawpaw (Asimina retic...

Caterpillar of the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly on host Florida Native Netted Pawpaw
by: PineLilyFNPS

Recent Encounters

Big and Beautiful: Palamedes Swallowtail Butterfly
Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes) can be distinguished from Black Swallowtail by the yell...
tags: Florida butterfly swallowtail black yellow blue red striped-abdomen yellow-stripe-on-wing red-bay

Central Florida
08/02/10

Palamedes Swallowtail Caterpillar on Florida Na...
Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes) I saw this tiny caterpillar (maybe 3/8 inch) on my F...

Central Florida
07/16/10

Paw Paws pay off: Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly
Zebra Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus) Florida's only native kite swallowtail. Host plants a...
tags: Florida butterfly zebra-swallowtail black white red blue pawpaw muscadine native-plant

Central Florida
07/04/10

Caterpillar of the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly ...
Zebra Swallowtail (Asimina reticulata) shown on Florida Native Plant Netted Pawpaw (Asimina retic...
tags: Florida Butterfly Caterpillar Zebra-Swallowtail Black Yellow-stripe Native-Plant Pawpaw

Central Florida
05/29/10

Palamedes Swallowtail Caterpillar Larvae shown ...
Palamedes Swallowtail - Papilio palamedes I was passing by the Red Bay sapling (Persea borbon...
tags: Florida butterfly larva larvae caterpillar green black-and-yellow-eyes blue-dots spicebush palamedes-swallowtail red-bay Persea-borbonia native-plant

Central Florida
05/17/10

Swallowtail Butterfly
tags: fw10
via iPhone

Barr Lake, CO
05/09/10

Natures Awesome Beauty

Natchez, MS
04/12/10

Caterpillar of The Eastern Black Swallowtail Bu...
Larvae of The Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) shown on Florida Native WAT...
tags: Florida caterpillar larvae larva Black-Swallowtail Native-Host-Plant Food-for-Wildlife

Central Florida
11/13/09

Giant Swallowtail larvae on Persian Lime Tree
Like two peas in a pod.
tags: Giant-Swallowtail larvae caterpillar Florida

Central Florida
11/03/09

Swallowtail Butterfly
Observed on a huisache tree waiting for the temperature to rise.
via iPhone

Alice, TX
10/31/09

Swallowtail Butterfly
Butterfly on the run...didn't want to pose for me! Palmetto Trailhead - the other way on the Owa-...
tags: Palmetto-Trailhead butterfly
via iPhone

Dyer Blvd Park, Riveria Beach, FL
09/05/09

Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on Lily of ...
This was taken along the pathway of the Los Angeles Zoo. It had landed on the Lily of the Nile af...
tags: Western-Tiger-Swallowtail-Butterfly Swallowtail-Butterfly Swallowtail Los-Angeles Los-Angeles-Zoo Botanical-Gardens Lily-of-the-Nile Black Agapanthus California butterfly yellow bug Bugs insect insects Insecta plant Plants Plantae Botany Botanical garden Gardens purple Wing wings Michelle-Pearson MickiP65 MickiP

Glendale, CA
07/01/09

Giant Swallowtail

Norfolk Botanical Gardens, Norfolk, VA
06/16/09

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Category Details

Records		21
Class		Invertebrate

First Observation
	rangerous Giant Swallowtail about 1 year ago.

Latest Observation
	PineLilyFNPS Big and Beautiful: Palamedes Swallowtail Butterfly about 1 month ago.

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Places for Swallowtail Butterfly

Mueller State Park, CO . Barr Lake, CO . Coal Creek Canyon, CO . Fairmount Park, Arvada, CO . Ranch Elsie Rd, CO . North Table Mountain, Golden, CO . Divide, CO . Glendale, CA . Dyer Blvd Park, Riveria Beach, FL . Norfolk Botanical Gardens, Norfolk, VA . Central Florida . Alice, TX . Natchez, MS