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Battus philenor
About 4 inches across.
Flower garden in Piney Woods region of Texas.
Unlike the other swallowtail butterflies in my area, Pipe-vine Swallowtails don't have any orange spots on their dorsal (top) side.
Spotted on Aug 14, 2013
Submitted on Aug 23, 2014
7 Comments
really nice..love it..
Beautiful....
Oh my...beautiful!!
And since digital cameras have that delay after you press the button, it's even harder to get the shot you want! I just take a lot and sort them out afterward. :) Thank you for the very kind comment!
TextileRanger, Your collection of Swallowtails Butterflies is fantastic. I will try that with the Swallowtails here, (holding my breath... ; ), they just will not stop fluttering and have not been able to get any good pictures.
I held my breath the whole time I was taking pictures, afraid to scare it off! :)
Amazing!!!