Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes) Naples Botanical Garden Butterfly House, Collier Co., FL 8 Mar 2017 |
Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes) Naples Botanical Garden Butterfly House, Collier Co., FL 8 Mar 2017 |
Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes) Naples Botanical Garden Butterfly House, Collier Co., FL 8 Mar 2017 |
Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes) Resaca de la Palma, Cameron Co., TX 3 May 2018 |
Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes) Hidalgo Co., TX 17 Oct 2004 |
Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes) Hidalgo Co., TX 17 Oct 2004 |
Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes) Cameron Co., TX 14 Oct 2004 The caterpillar reportedly mimics bird droppings to make it less apetizing. (Works for me!) |
Female Giant Swallowtail New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 Ovipositing on Toothache Tree (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) |
Giant Swallowtail egg on Toothache Tree (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 |
Giant Swallowtail egg detail New Hanover Co., NC 26 Aug 2006 |
Giant Swallowtails are notoriously challenging to photograph with a point-and-shoot style camera because they stay in constant motion while nectaring, fluttering their forewings for balance rather than perching. Of all NC swallowtails that look dark above, Giant Swallowtails are the only ones that are primarily yellow below and have a yellow body.New Hanover Co., NC |
Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes) New Hanover Co., NC 27 Aug 2005 |
Parker Backstrom photographs a fluttering Giant Swallowtail. New Hanover Co., NC |
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