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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - Hodges#4176 (Papilio glaucus)
Photo#1731561
Copyright © 2019
Robert Lord Zimlich
Swallowtail on Zenias -
Papilio glaucus
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Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
September 24, 2019
Black or Eastern Tiger?
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Contributed by
Robert Lord Zimlich
on 24 September, 2019 - 3:12pm
Last updated 11 February, 2020 - 10:36am
Moved to Papilio glaucus.
Moved from
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I had looked at this one and was very puzzled but never thought of dark Eastern Tiger. Once Kurt suggested it, I completely agree with his identification. I'll also mark it as a female.
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Ken Allison
, 25 September, 2019 - 6:19am
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I vote for...
Dark Tiger Swallowtail. More blue on hind wing that on Black Swallowtail. I believe the Black Swallowtail also has two rows of light spots (or yellow patches) where present specimen only has one.
I saw a very similar dark Tiger nectaring this past summer, and the only "ghost" of the tiger pattern I could see was on the outside of the hind wing. I
think
I might see a "ghost" of the tiger stripes in the present subject.
Luckily, the Tiger Swallowtails -- both yellow and dark -- I've seen nectaring, usually keep their wings fairly still once they've landed. But in my experience Black Swallowtails hardy
ever
stop moving their wings when they are nectaring -- their wings keep "jittering."
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Kurt Foster
, 24 September, 2019 - 9:11pm
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Thanks, Kurt
I've seen a yellow but this is my first dark
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 28 September, 2019 - 4:36pm
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