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07-AUG-2009 Christine Hanrahan

Black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) on Coneflower

This black swallowtail was really busy around the BYG coneflowers this afternoon. For more than 10 minutes she flitted from bloom to bloom. One of the few black swallowtails I've seen this year. I think I've seen perhaps 4 others at FWG over the summer. Today was not a butterfly day with all the wind, but I did see a female Great spangled fritillary in the butterfly meadow, and several each of Clouded sulphurs and Cabbage whites.

Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
1/320s f/5.7 at 100.0mm iso80 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
MarcViskens20-Jun-2012 20:36
very beautiful photo
Marc
slhoornstra09-Aug-2009 09:06
An outstanding capture!!
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