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Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Papilio polyxenes

Description:

Observed these two males at the beach.

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1 Comment

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Most probably "mud puddling" for minerals! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud-puddlin...
Please can you remove the wiki reference from the scientific name box & replace with the scientific name as this is the info used by the system to link this to other spottings of the same species. Thanks!

alexdk
Spotted by
alexdk

Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Aug 25, 2011
Submitted on Feb 8, 2012

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