Sometimes I just luck out chasing a butterfly. Literally. I was not using a zoom lens when I shot these photos, but I did look funny erratically crouching around the front edge of the yard in order to get close. What a great subject! Would love to know what kind of butterfly it is…
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Wow! Great shots. Definitely a Swallowtail of some sort, possibly a Pipevine. You know summer's just around the corner when the butterflies burst out!
Looks like a Blue Pipevine Swallowtail to me...great shots! I have one on a Red Bud that I took earlier this spring as my screen saver...it's just so bright and beautiful!
Awesome pics, Iris. I've never gotten that "lucky" with a butterfly ever; I do believe you had a bit of talent mixed in with that luck. thanks for the pretty post.
I have bug envy. The close up photos I got today turned out to be potential tomato plant eating moth larvae. Oh well - they were attractive as caterpillars and hopefully will find plenty else to eat besides my tomato plants. Great shots!
Lovely photo, Iris - the Swallowtail part I was sure of, but didn't know the Pipevine part.
Maybe someone in your neighborhood grows one of the Aristolochia/Dutchman's pipe plants as a host?
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
You might want to take a look at the following- life cycle of the pipeline swallowtail.
http://esolatloesche.blogspot.com/2008/04/butterfly-life-cycle-pipeline.html
please correct that to pipevine
Haha - nice Texas touch though - "Pipeline" swallowtail - perhaps found in greater numbers in the Houston Tx area... ?
Hi all: thanks for all the info and compliments! I ended up using that top photo in a Mother's (and grandmother's) Day card.
Nobody within a couple of blocks of me appears to have much going on gardening-wise more than plain old grass lawn, so I think the Blue Pipevine Swallowtail must be a little desperate and therefore happy with my verbena. I'm happy with it, too!
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