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Western Giant Swallowtail

Papilio rumiko

Description:

Western Giant Swallowtail" has mostly black wings with yellow dotted pattern. Beige Abdomen, black thorax and black with yellow wing tips, although one is missing on this specimen. It is still flying, even though wing is damaged as well.

Habitat:

Lives in a dense area of bamboo in the back of my yard.

3 Comments

Deb Bee
Deb Bee 3 years ago

OK thank you.

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 3 years ago

Great find! Papilio homothoas does not appear to occur in North America.

Hello Deb10 and welcome to the Project Noah community!
Nice first spotting!
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Deb Bee
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Deb Bee

San Antonio, Texas, United States

Spotted on Sep 7, 2020
Submitted on Sep 7, 2020

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