Ok guys IM not up on my butterflies just a little ID chart is about all I have to go by and what some of you on here have said but I believe I have the female "eastern tiger swallowtail" sorry not a very good shot as she was quite fidgety. This season Ive only seen one black swallowtail and this one.







Steve
Martinsville, In
Heat zone 6
Sunset zone 35

She's a beauty, Steve!

Interesting, I just took two pictures of male tigers on my buttonbush -





'Must be tiger day!

Sherry
Zone8/9

OMG!!! Steve and Sherry ... I AM SO JEALOUS!!! I rarely see those species of butterflies! BEAUTIFUL photos! Very cool to get two together, Sherry!

~Becky~


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Man when I saw that tiger out my rear slider I practically ran to get a camera. I dont see many of those mainly just the black ones.

Steve
Martinsville, In
Heat zone 6
Sunset zone 35

Sherry, how do you tell the males from the females?

Tom - In Steve's photo it is a female. In Sherry's photos it looks like both butterflies are males. Can you see the blue chevron border along the bottom wings? If they are blue like Steve's photo, it is a female. Males don't have that blue border, but instead a dark border usually black.

~Becky~


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