Pollinators - Battus philenor Road to Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mtns NP, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA August 9, 2008
We had often wondered what pollinated lilies, with their long exserted stamens, thinking maybe it was hummingbirds. But here you see the wing of the swallowtail brushing up against the anthers.
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