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Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 16:15
| Could you please tell me this butterfly's name ? |
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| This one also. I cannot find them in my reference book. Thank you |
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- Posted by perennialfan273 zone 5 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 17:09
| They're both swallowtails. The first one is an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail I believe. The second is a spicebush swallowtail. Congratulations on your find! |
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- Posted by wifey2mikey 6b Tulsa (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 17:27
| I think the first one is not a Tiger Swallowtail since it does not have a dark stripes ... I think it could be a Giant. Spicebush swallowtails are usually pretty greenish/blue irridescent I believe... so I'm not sure its that. Maybe a female if it is a Spicebush because the males are definitely more greenish. I'm wondering if it could be a Pipevine? ~Laura |
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- Posted by wifey2mikey 6b Tulsa (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 17:28
| Also the tiger swallowtails have black bodies - and this first butterfly has a yellow body which again points to a Giant. Thoughts from the crowd please? |
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- Posted by misssherry Z8/9MS (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 17:41
| The first one is a giant swallowtail, and the second one is a male spicebush swallowtail. Beautiful! Sherry |
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| Thank you for your answers. All my information said that the first one was a Giant swallowtail that's all and the second was all that was said was it to be black swallowtail. I will look up both of what you all said. Thanks again. I was really lucky to get their picture. |
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- Posted by misssherry Z8/9MS (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 18:01
| The second one is positively NOT a black swallowtail. Black swallowtails don't have the 'lunules' around the bottom edge, and they have a very distinct 'eye' that is, a red circle with a small black dot inside it, all enclosed by a black ring around the red circle - this 'drunk's' eye is at the lower part of the wings next to their body. Your spicebush swallowtail looks to be newly emerged and is just gorgeous!! Sherry |
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- Posted by arachadillo (My Page) on Thu, Jun 28, 12 at 3:53
| I think Eastern Swallowtails come in both a black and yellow form, therefore the first picture could possibly be an eastern tiger swallowtail. Hard to tell from a side view. |
Here is a link that might be useful: types of butterflies
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- Posted by wifey2mikey 6b Tulsa (My Page) on Thu, Jun 28, 12 at 11:15
| For comparison's sake... this is a female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (yellow form). See the "tiger stripes" that are visible on both the topside and underside of the wings? ~Laura |
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