Critter of the Day: Swallowtail on lilacs

Another picture taken by my daughter, in the middle of June.

Looking it up, I am seeing this butterfly identified as both the Eastern and Western Tiger Swallowtail.

From my searches, more of these come up as Western than Eastern, though, so… I’ll go with Western.

3 thoughts on “Critter of the Day: Swallowtail on lilacs

  1. Next year I’m going to have to look into getting some different types of caterpillars. Normally just the Monarch butterfly caterpillars are sent.

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    • I once found some amazing caterpillars on an apple tree. They had fake eyes on them. I now know they were swallowtail caterpillars. Those would be awesome, if you can find them!

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