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Battus polydamus
The first 3 pictures are of Polydamus caterpillars eating the flowers of my pipevine. The last picture is of the Polydamus Swallowtail butterfly looking for a good place to lay her eggs on my pipevine.
Spotted on May 15, 2012
Submitted on May 16, 2012
13 Comments
Your such a good sport Alice, letting them have your pretty flowers. Still, I'd do that too for these lovely butterflies. Great series !
Caleb, this is an Aristolochia sp., also called Pipewine, Pelican Flower or Dutchman's Pipe.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominikhofe...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristolochi...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battus_poly...
i really like the flower they're on too ;) what is it?
Nice Alice...you're back?
Great series!
excellent Alice!
Great spotting and photo's!
It seems to be a very appetizing pipevine!
nice spotting and cool plant, too
Fantástico
Once pipevine, always pipevine! Circle of Life is closed! Cool spotting!
Very could spotting!!! Those are some neat looking little caterpillars!
Very nice Alice!