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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Fluted Swallowtails (Papilionini) » Papilio » Western Giant Swallowtail - Hodges#4170.1 (Papilio rumiko)
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Giant Swallowtail - Papilio rumiko - male
Copyright © 2009 Bob Barber

Giant Swallowtail - Papilio rumiko - Male
Otero Mesa, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
September 23, 2009
to put NM on the map

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Giant Swallowtail - Papilio rumiko - male Giant Swallowtail - Papilio rumiko - male
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Contributed by Bob Barber on 24 September, 2009 - 5:26pm
Last updated 23 December, 2014 - 4:53pm

Moved
Moved from Eastern Giant Swallowtail.
… Mike Quinn, 23 December, 2014 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

Very nice images, Bob
I'm still trying to convince one of these to stay still. Don't see two many here in SoCal - just a handful each year.
… Ron Hemberger, 24 September, 2009 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ron
This one was not holding still at all. I was sitting some distance away with 300 mm lens, and shooting at 1000/sec to stop the motion. They are not common here either, and this one was probably 20 miles from the nearest suitable host plant.
… Bob Barber, 24 September, 2009 - 8:54pm login or register to post comments

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