Swallowtails (Papilionidae)
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ruthkerruish
wrote:
9 Mar 2025
Many years ago about about 6-8 Choisya ternata (Mexican Orange Blossom) were planted for the Citrus butterflies, every year the caterpillars feed on them so the shrubs. The strange thing there is large lemon shrub adjacent to the Choisyas btu they caterpillars never feed on it. The lovely butterflies only live for a day and die after mating! They dart around so quickly that they are never still enough to photo graph.
Papilio aegeus
ruthkerruish
wrote:
9 Mar 2025
Many adult butterflies around but they fly so quickly, only live for a day and die after mating,
Papilio aegeus
HelenCross
wrote:
23 Feb 2025
How cool - thanks Alison! Will add a record for the Orchard Swallowtail
Papilio anactus
AlisonMilton
wrote:
23 Feb 2025
@HelenCross Hi Helen, You have both an ORchard Swallowtail and Dainty Swallowtail larvae in these photos. The large orange one is the Dainty Swallowtail while the smaller white and brown one is an Orchard Swallowtail.
Papilio anactus
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