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Copyright © 2008 Mike Jennings

Emerging Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes -

Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
August 1, 2008

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Emerging Black Swallowtail - Papilio polyxenes - female

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Contributed by Mike Jennings on 29 August, 2008 - 10:38pm
Last updated 8 July, 2009 - 5:50pm

Moved

Moved from Black Swallowtail.

… David J. Ferguson, 8 July, 2009 - 5:50pm

Moved

Moved from Butterflies.

… David J. Ferguson, 14 November, 2008 - 11:46pm

Awesome sequence, Mike

Did you just happen to be in the right place at the right time?

… Steve Scott, 30 August, 2008 - 2:55pm

Not JUST luck

Thanks Steve,
I keep herb pots on my deck and amongst my standbys are both parsley and dill. I get to use them until about July and then the swallowtails move in and I'm out of luck for the rest of the summer. Well worth it though for the dozen or so that I get to see from egg to adult every year.

This specimen I watched in particular as it was in a nice clear spot... everything around it having been consumed. And I'd watched several others emerge for timing so that I was waiting for this one.

… Mike Jennings, 1 May, 2009 - 8:57am

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