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Swallowtail or Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Description:

Swallow Tail (Papilio machaon), Langnau im Emmental, Emmental, Switzerland

Notes:

If you look at #4 you won't see anything beside this little irregularity in the grass. That's what I thought, something is wrong there and it was: No grass, but a wonderful Swallowtail. Tricky conditions: windy and warm, late daylight from the side, with a lot of shadows of the grass blades on the wings. But at the end I got a good shot from the side. I think it might be "our" swallowtail we released 1 week before, I remembered the missing tail on the hindwing.

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16 Comments

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

Lovely!:-)

dotun55
dotun55 11 years ago

I like swallowtails. I'd upload a spotting of a citrus swallowtail tomorrow :)

CoralAvery
CoralAvery 11 years ago

Very pretty!

EvaH
EvaH 12 years ago

Hope this year they will be on my Buddleja again.

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Loved the colors.

you clearly are an artist!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Lovely!

KatCuff
KatCuff 12 years ago

Great job!

pamsai
pamsai 12 years ago

Bayucca, unfortunately I don't have any butterflies photographed in Europe. I am Australian, living in India, and have little reason to go to Europe. Good luck with the group though, pamsai

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Please, join the new mission of European butterflies and moths and post all your corresponding spottings. We need a lot of people which would join the group to make it global! Thanks and best regards from Switzerland!
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8574...

pamsai
pamsai 12 years ago

wow, that's a lovely photo. great composition, as it he was posing for you! Remarkable subtle colours on this wonderful specimen. Beautiful.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Thanks Leuba, ReeceJones and Kadavoor.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

How elegant !

DoinaRussu
DoinaRussu 12 years ago

great! the first is my favorite:)

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Grate shot astonishing detail.

CourtneyVerk
CourtneyVerk 12 years ago

Beautiful photo!

bayucca
Spotted by
bayucca

Langnau im Emmental, Bern/Berne, Switzerland

Spotted on Aug 7, 2011
Submitted on Jan 7, 2012

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