Tiger Swallowtail

Whittam · **on:** June 03, 2010, 03:01:32 PM

Beautiful Tiger Swallowtail in the backyard... Scarborough. Cheers Terry

JW Mills · **Reply #1 on:** June 03, 2010, 11:18:41 PM

Beautiful indeed!

Bluffs Birder · **Reply #2 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

Matthew Strimas-Mackey · **Reply #3 on:** June 04, 2010, 12:24:29 AM

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

Whittam · **Reply #4 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

Axeman · **Reply #5 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.

Whittam · **Reply #6 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

JTF · **Reply #7 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.

Shutterlag · **Reply #8 on:** June 09, 2010, 02:44:19 PM

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

Conrad