Outdoor Ontario

Photography => Nature => Topic started by: AcemanDanny on May 28, 2013, 09:41:31 PM

Title: Butterfly or moth
Post by: AcemanDanny on May 28, 2013, 09:41:31 PM

Found this beautiful little guy walking along the shoreline of the Scarborough bluffs, just not sure if its a butterfly or moth. Any help would be appreciated.

Title: Re: Butterfly or moth
Post by: Tak on May 28, 2013, 09:58:34 PM

It's a Swallowtail butterfly. They're slightly more common in June than May.
You'd have to look up whether it's a Yellow or a Tiger, I can't remember the details.

Beautiful aren't they?!

Title: Re: Butterfly or moth
Post by: AcemanDanny on May 29, 2013, 09:35:15 PM

They are very beautiful. Both the yellow and tiger look similar. The colour on the tail makes it look like the tiger.

Thanks for the help Tak.

Title: Re: Butterfly or moth
Post by: thouc on May 29, 2013, 10:10:59 PM

It is a Canadian Tiger Swallowtail or Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. Not sure which one.

Title: Re: Butterfly or moth
Post by: Bluffs Birder on May 29, 2013, 11:23:39 PM

Of the two, Eastern Tiger Swallowtails are the ones seen in the GTA.  Canadian Tiger Swallowtails are found further north and are slightly smaller in size.

Walter :)

Title: Re: Butterfly or moth
Post by: newfoundlander61 on May 30, 2013, 06:28:14 AM

Heres a really great link for this dicussion.

http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/frames-2species.asp?sp1=Papilio-glaucus&sp2=Papilio-canadensis