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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 » Eastern Giant Swallowtail - Hodges#4170 (Papilio cresphontes)
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Swallowtail in Minnesota - Papilio cresphontes
Copyright © 2018 Susan Hecker

Swallowtail in Minnesota - Papilio cresphontes
Savage, Scott County, Minnesota, USA
July 21, 2018
This beautiful showy swallowtail visited the cone flowers behind our house today. I think it might be a Giant Swallowtail, but I haven't seen one before. It constantly fluttered its wings, even at rest. The underside of the wings were more of a buffy yellow than the gray that shows in the photo.
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Contributed by Susan Hecker on 21 July, 2018 - 5:20pm
Last updated 10 August, 2018 - 7:51am

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Giant Swallowtail
Yes, Giant Swallowtail, Papilio cresphontes. The constant fluttering as they feed is typical behavior.
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