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swallowtail

Description:

It's a bit ragged, so I'm not sure whether it is a ate season pale swallowtail or an uncharacteristically pale tiger

2 Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus


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5 Comments

Druenn
Druenn 6 years ago

@Jellis
Pale Swallowtail
=]

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 6 years ago

I'll have to dig up the folder. I'm sure I took a couple dozen at least. Although looking at the spotting, if I only posted one.....

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 6 years ago

You could always just go with Papilio sp. :-) I agree that it is difficult to tell. Do you have any other images, say, with the tails in it?

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 7 years ago

That's pretty accurate

Green Nature
Green Nature 7 years ago

I agree it's a tough call. Sometimes the pale swallowtails get to looking ghostly white. That looks kinda washed out white in color, but it could be an artifact of the camera angle, etc.

http://greennature.com/article1967.html

KarenSaxton
Spotted by
KarenSaxton

Oregon, USA

Spotted on Jul 30, 2016
Submitted on Jul 30, 2016

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