What butterfly?
Started by Doug B, Jul 15 2012 07:18 PM
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 07:20 PM
Tiger swallowtail
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 07:32 PM
Thanks!!!
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 08:09 PM
Agreed, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 08:27 PM
I have one of these. I believe it is the same.
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:22 PM
Beautiful shot, it's actually a Two-tailed Swallowtail.
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 11:29 PM
I agree with two tailed swallowtail
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Posted 16 July 2012 - 03:22 AM
Beautiful shot, it's actually a Two-tailed Swallowtail.
Thank you, so this is a different beast from the OP photo?
I see the small difference of the tails, but every other thing seems to be exactly the same.
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Posted 16 July 2012 - 01:08 PM
Yep, it's a different critter. The twin tails are diagnostic, and Eastern's have more dark scaling on the forewing veins, especially in the outer part of the wing. More importantly for me was range -- Eastern Tigers don't get west of the Great Plains. Western Tigers do, but they don't have the twin tails and they have much heavier tiger stripes.
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