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Several Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterflies feeding on Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) in the central wetland area at Huntley Meadows Park. Photo 1 shows a male (on the right) and female (on the left); Photos 2-5 show males. Tiger Swallowtail is the State Insect of Virginia. Related Resources: 1) Swamp Milkweed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepias_i... 2) List of U.S. state insects http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S...
Huntley Meadows Park, a 1,425 acre wetland area in Fairfax County, Virginia USA. Related Resource: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntl...
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Spotted on Aug 17, 2012
Submitted on Aug 24, 2012
4 Comments
WOW! I love the first photo with the two like a mirror image. Really nice! I love these. I found some huge ones in the yard.
Nice photo's...I really like these butterflies!
Lovely Series !
Doubly beautiful spotting! The butterfly & the flowers.