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Wildlife Reports => Toronto Wildlife => Topic started by: Whittam on June 03, 2010, 03:01:32 PM

Title: Tiger Swallowtail
Post by: Whittam on June 03, 2010, 03:01:32 PM

Beautiful Tiger Swallowtail in the backyard...  Scarborough.  Cheers Terry
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v680/whittam/DSC_0536.jpg)

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Post by: JW Mills on June 03, 2010, 11:18:41 PM

Beautiful indeed!

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Post by: Bluffs Birder on June 03, 2010, 11:54:01 PM

Very nice photo Terry.  There seems to a lot of these guys around this year, I'm seeing them everywhere I go.  We have one that visits our backyard on a somewhat regular basis but never rests.

Walter

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Post by: Matthew Strimas-Mackey on June 04, 2010, 12:24:29 AM

Great photo. I love the touches of blue and red on the wings.

Title: Tiger Swallowtail
Post by: Whittam on June 04, 2010, 10:56:53 AM

Thanks for all the nice comments.  I'm seeing more and more of these swallowtails this year.   This one posed nicely for a few shots!  Cheers Terry

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Post by: Axeman on June 04, 2010, 09:49:43 PM

Tip: if it has blue on wings its female...I've also noticed a lot of them around up our way too...they seem especially fond of a lilac bush we have.

Title: Tiger Swallowtail
Post by: Whittam on June 05, 2010, 02:15:15 PM

Thanks Axeman.   I think I see the difference now.  I'm looking in Butterflies through Binoculars by Jeffrey Glassberg and the males seem to have 1 or maybe 2 small blue spots......  but the female has 4 or 5 on each wing or close to 8 to 10 total... and they look somewhat larger.  Interesting.  (birds are easier!) Cheers Terry

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Post by: JTF on June 05, 2010, 04:13:46 PM

Very pretty shot. Nice job with the white flowers, goes perfect with the yellow on the butterfly.

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Post by: Shutterlag on June 09, 2010, 02:44:19 PM

This is a beautiful shot of the swallowtail. Well done. Cheers

Conrad