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pipe vine Swallowtail scent glands - Battus philenor
Copyright © 2007 Charles Schurch Lewallen

pipe vine Swallowtail scent glands - Battus philenor
Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
June 2, 2007
A different individual than the first.
When I blew on it it produced the scent glands.
Perhaps a statement about my breath?
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 2 June, 2007 - 6:04pm

It had to...
or admit it was totally outclassed in defensive chemicals... ;)
… Chuck Entz, 2 June, 2007 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

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