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Saturday, October 13. 2012

October Tiger Swallowtail

The Tiger Swallowtail of the Eastern US is dimorphic. This is a dark female on wild daisies.


She will not live very long. Except for our migratory, Milkweed-loving Monarch butterflies, most do not live very long in their winged form. Much more life as caterpillars and pupae. The brief task of the winged form is to produce eggs, then die. Short, sweet, and lovely.


Posted by Bird Dog at 13:30 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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I believe that is a Red Spotted Purple. http://www.carolinanature.com/butterflies/rsp.html There are no tails. In the dark phase female, the black stripes of the Tiger are clearly visible in the brown. http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/128859/enlarge Note the lack of any red in the lower wings of your photo. The red spotted purple has a bit of red in the upper wings.
#1 Kerry on 2012-10-13 18:08 (Reply)
Kerry: Given the extensive number of white cells along the edge of the upper and lower wing margins, Bird Dog's butterfly looks like an intergrade between a white admiral and a red spotted purple, which would be consistent with Bird Dog's neighborhood. A wonderful photo! See http://bugguide.net/node/view/39878
#2 JRAlison on 2012-10-13 19:54 (Reply)
That seems reasonable. The purplish spots and no tails made me certain it could not be any papilio. Thanks. Read you guys daily as an excellent accumulator blog.
#3 kerry on 2012-10-14 08:21 (Reply)
Perhaps my diagnosis was wrong.
#3.1 Bird Dog on 2012-10-14 08:34 (Reply)

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