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Spicebush Swallowtail

Papilio trolius

Description:

A gorgeous butterfly with bluish hindwings and faded white dots on those hindwings.

Habitat:

Found on the Albany Pine Bush preserve on Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa.

Notes:

Lifer!

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6 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Thank you very much, Dan, Jemma, Emily, Rieko, and Marta for your lovely comments. Marta, I think I was the 500,000th spotting, but I think it was this spotting instead:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/372...

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

Jacob, very nice spotting, really? are you the 500K? congratulations!

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Beautiful.

EmilyUmbarger
EmilyUmbarger 10 years ago

So pretty!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 10 years ago

Congrats J!!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Nice spotting and congrats on being half a million!

Jacob Gorneau
Spotted by
Jacob Gorneau

New York, USA

Spotted on Aug 1, 2013
Submitted on Aug 19, 2013

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