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The first 3 pictures are of Polydamus caterpillars eating the
1" wide dark maroon pipe-like flowers are ...
Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillars have a ...
Medium-sized flower growing near a river.
Landing on dandelion flowers at the ...
Large flower, from a vine, in an altered ...
There is not much blue on the other side, but so far I think it's a
Collection of pipevine swallowtails ...
This flower has a false center that insects ...
A female black swallowtail attracted to our mimosa
I call it my Pipevine butterfly because it ...
without using tendrils. Flower is about ...
Windy day and the butterflies prefer the tender foliage of the
I have never seen the caterpillars consume the
This gorgeous butterfly gave a merry chase. As he flitted from
The Pipevine Swallowtail is a swallowtail ...
A large butterfly with blue and black wings. These butterflies can be easily ...
Wiry, slender, native vine. Will grow 10 or more feet in a season. Small ...
Very bizarre, alien looking flowers. This ...
Upper-side is black with beautiful bright iridescent blue markings. The blue ...
--see comments below. The Pipevine flutters ...
These amazingly strange flowers belong to a ...
The Red-Spotted Purple, although lacking a hindwing tail, mimics the toxic ...
The caterpillars will eat the leaves, stems, and seed capsules of the host ...
be confused with other members of its mimicry complex--see comments below. The ...
Many shades of purple, blue, brown and orange Wing span: 2 1/4 to 4 inches
broad, black line on the trailing margin of the hind wing is less than half way ...
I clipped some flowers from my dill plant ...