Canadian tiger swallowtail butterflies by larose forest photos

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08-Jun-2020	Christine Hanrahan

Canadian tiger swallowtail butterflies

Larose Forest

These swallowtails are getting much needed nutrients from coyote scat. Fresh scat, coyote, dog, fox, etc. is attractive to a number of butterfly species.

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Dan Greenberg		26-Jun-2020 03:38
How interesting. I thought they only ate flowers. Shows how little I know about them. Excellent capture. ~V~

Jeff Real		20-Jun-2020 14:07
How wonderful they are! You have captured every detail in the most beautiful fashion! V

pkocinski		20-Jun-2020 12:10
How do I "unsee" this fact? Changes how I look at butterflies now...

danad		20-Jun-2020 10:16
Superb capture ! V.

John Vass		20-Jun-2020 06:52
Never going to look at these the same... Now we'll have people scouting out K9 scat looking for butterflies. Now that I said it I kind of had to laugh! V

joseantonio		20-Jun-2020 03:33
I didn´t know about their diet...V.

Raymond Ma		20-Jun-2020 03:22
Yes, it seems incongruous that beautiful butterflies would feast on scat but I have learned something new today :0)V

Pierre Martin		20-Jun-2020 02:08
beautiful sharp picture! today got about 25 of them on my fresh grass since i put some fertilizer

Hank Vander Velde		20-Jun-2020 01:06
Excellent sharp shot of these beautiful butterflies Christine.

hayl		19-Jun-2020 23:02
A most interesting bit of knowledge and a super photo to go with it.

Ray :)		19-Jun-2020 22:21
Scat - is that what you call it! Our Purple Emperor also have it high on their menu.

Isabel Cutler		19-Jun-2020 21:58
Didn't know they fed on scat!

globalgadabout		19-Jun-2020 21:28
their diet does seem at odds with their attractive appearance...whatever gets you through the cycle of life..

Helen Betts		19-Jun-2020 21:27
Sharp and well lit capture of this gathering. V.

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