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Papilio polyxenes
We don't often see black swallowtail here so this one was a rare treat for us.
Spotted on Sep 27, 2011
Submitted on Sep 27, 2011
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Added to Animals with Warning Colors mission. The Black swallowtail & other species such as the Spicebush swallowtail & the black morph of the Eastern tiger swallowtail mimic the poisonous Pipevine swallowtail.
oh cool :)
It's actually a buddleia aka butterfly bush. I've planted mainly native species but I did put in a few of these as the butterflies seem to love it so much!
is that on a lantana bush ?
what a beautiful butterfly!
Thanks Misako!
beautiful! :)