Here's a shot of the back.

It's a beautiful, recently-emerged looking, female pipevine swallowtail!

She may have eggs to lay - have you got any pipevines/Aristolochia?

Sherry

Sherry, Thanks for the info on type and gender. She never stopped "flapping" her wings even while feeding - is that something they all do, or just the young ones? Unfortunately we don't have any aristolochia.

They all flap their wings constantly while in flight, which is why it's so hard to get a good picture of them - your pictures are great!

Sherry

That's a prime hummingbird plant. Any hummers around?

Any hummers around?

Funny you should ask... here's a poor shot of one feasting with the PST.

This post was edited by bostedo on Sat, Sep 7, 13 at 12:05