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Wildlife Reports => Southern Ontario Wildlife => Topic started by: Napper on May 25, 2009, 05:39:08 PM

Title: Yellow Swallow tail?
Post by: Napper on May 25, 2009, 05:39:08 PM

I am assuming that this a yellow swallowtail of some sort?

I see there are different types but I can't tell, this one has a lot less blue on it than what I looked at one Net..

http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/albums/album09/swallowtailDSC_4626.jpg

Napper

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Post by: thouc on May 25, 2009, 06:09:44 PM

I found a match, Canadian Tiger Swallowtail, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tiger_Swallowtail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tiger_Swallowtail)

/Thomas

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Post by: Brian Bailey on May 25, 2009, 10:42:21 PM

I had several in my yard yesterday.  The first I've seen this year.

BB

Title: Tiger Swallowtails
Post by: Howieh on May 25, 2009, 11:16:05 PM

I also saw my first one today. Brian, do you have lilacs in your backyard, or did something else attract them?

Title: Thanx
Post by: Napper on May 26, 2009, 08:56:46 PM

Hey!

Thanx for the I.D.

This one kept circling my empty feeder. It landed on it a few times.  It settled on the grass a little while later.

Napper))