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Eastern Giant Swallowtail - Hodges#4170 (Papilio cresphontes)
Photo#133643
Copyright © 2007
john and jane balaban
Giant Swallowtail egg -
Papilio cresphontes
Bunker Hill Forest Preserve, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
August 3, 2007
We watched as a Giant Swallowtail flew in among the Wafer Ashes, then settled down and laid an egg.
Contributed by
john and jane balaban
on 3 August, 2007 - 6:10pm