But we had an amazing array, at least two species of #Swallowtail, in the Palamedes Swallowtail and the Pipevine Swallowtail.
Our Black Swallowtail #caterpillars are maturing. Petersham, #Massachusetts.
#butterfly #butterflies #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography #insects #pollinators #ecology #plants #swallowtail
#caterpillars #massachusetts #butterfly #butterflies #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography #insects #pollinators #ecology #plants #swallowtail
Immature Black Swallowtail #caterpillar on potted parsley, Petersham, #Massachusetts.
#butterfly #butterflies #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography #insects #pollinators #ecology #plants #swallowtail
#caterpillar #massachusetts #butterfly #butterflies #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography #insects #pollinators #ecology #plants #swallowtail
The white buddleia in my garden is the biggest draw for pollinators, but sometimes the other colors get love, too!
#swallowtail #butterfly #BloomScrolling #photography #pollinatorgarden
#swallowtail #butterfly #bloomscrolling #photography #pollinatorgarden
A black #swallowtail
#butterfly on the #buddleia.
#swallowtail #butterfly #buddleia #photography #pollinatorgarden #MastoArt
I love taking my son to spend afternoons with my mom. Especially because her gardens are spectacular (she's always been very planty) and he runs around in awe at all the cool things, like this black swallowtail caterpillar. Plus free blueberries to snack on.
#Caterpillar #swallowtail #butterfly #Blueberries
A swallowtail sitting on the tiles near the swimmingpool, enjoying the humidity and living dangerously. For more than an hour it wouldn't leave for all the nectar in the buddleias nearby.
#butterflies #swallowtail #schmetterlinge #schwalbenschwanz
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio glaucus) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on June 27, 2023
Some of the camera settings for this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2023Jul02_birds_and_cats/2023jun27_butterfly_IMG_4403c.html
#butterfly #Oklahoma #naturephotography #pollinator #photography #Papilio #swallowtail
#butterfly #oklahoma #naturephotography #pollinator #photography #papilio #swallowtail
Broads daydreaming #howhill today
#wherry #swallowtail #norfolkbroads #howhill
Have not posted here in a while. Although I aspire to give a shit about being social…. I just don’t!
This is #heavymetal #swallowtail
I now have a bunch of black #swallowtail #butterfly #caterpillars living on my parsley plant. I might need to get more parsley - do these guys mow this stuff down as fast as the #monarch caterpillars?
#swallowtail #butterfly #caterpillars #monarch
Eastern tiger #swallowtail #pollinators #PollinatorGarden
#swallowtail #pollinators #pollinatorgarden
#swallowtail pruning our parsley #andersonville #butterfly
#swallowtail #andersonville #butterfly
I’ve thinking about multimedia involving cyanotype lately. Here’s a print I made last summer with both my cyanotype on watercolour paper (11" x 14") with images of black locust leaves & wildflowers I combined with my Eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) butterfly linocut on yellow washi paper.
Next week is #PollinatorWeek so I will be posting all many of my favourite native insect species all week.
#cyanotype #linocut #printmaking #multimedia #swallowtail #butterfly #MastoArt
#pollinatorweek #cyanotype #linocut #printmaking #multimedia #swallowtail #butterfly #mastoart
Great to see a #swallowtail butterfly at #Hickling #nature reserve the other day. Magnificient #insects!
#insects #nature #hickling #swallowtail
Found this very cold and wet butterfly on the field during PE today. I was afraid it would get stomped on so I moved it to a nearby stump under the cover of a nice tree. Hopefully it was able to fly away.
Magic beasts and where to find them...
#Swallowtail butterfly #HowHill today
It's butterfly season!
I was out in the Cascade Mountain foothills for work this week and saw that butterfly season has started. This is a Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus); they have a wingspan of up to 4 inches. I saw dozens of these bright yellow butterflies throughout the day floating over wildflowers in full bloom. Just another great day as a biologist in the Pacific Northwest!
#butterfly #swallowtail #PNW #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography
#butterfly #swallowtail #pnw #macrophotography #naturephotography
There are many more insects, birds and especially swallowtail butterflies this year. I'm not sure if it's a good sign or not. I am always suspicious of these things, thinking maybe the heat is pushing species farther north. The end of May and so far in June, it feels like late July with the heat. Anyway, I am enjoying these beautiful creatures that flutter in my yard by the dozens.
#swallowtail #butterfly #gardening #homesteading