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Spotting

Description:

Black and yellow wings

Habitat:

Woodland areas

Notes:

Found at unity park

1 Species ID Suggestions

Fyn Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (male)
Papilio glaucus Species Papilio glaucus - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - BugGuide.Net


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4 Comments

Zachary4
Zachary4 11 years ago

i looked it up turns out it's a male eastern tiger swallowtail

Zachary4
Zachary4 11 years ago

i looked it up turns out it's a male eastern tiger swallowtail

Zachary4
Zachary4 11 years ago

i looked it up turns out it's a male eastern tiger swallowtail

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 11 years ago

I think this is either a Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, or a Two-tailed Swallowtail seeing the "tails" would give a better idea. Anyway here are the 2 species, maybe since you saw the actual butterfly you will be able to decide.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/491
http://bugguide.net/node/view/23914

Zachary4
Spotted by
Zachary4

Texas, USA

Spotted on May 25, 2012
Submitted on May 25, 2012

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