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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Papilio » Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus
Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
August 31, 2005

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Contributed by tom murray on 1 September, 2005 - 8:08pm
Last updated 8 January, 2006 - 9:45am

i found one too
In Maine. Pretty cool looking and those eyes made me think twice too lol.
… wgordon64, 5 September, 2009 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

Catersnake...
I can't believe how much that looks like(mimics) a snake... weird.
… KellyC, 13 August, 2007 - 2:02am login or register to post comments

 
That's it's intention
It's thought that's used as a defense strategy to scare off predators like birds.
… tom murray, 19 August, 2007 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

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