Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A gorgeous female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) is posing with its wings spread while collecting nectar on a Coreopsis flower in a garden in Summers County, West Virginia.
Tiger Swallowtails are often seen flying high over deciduous woods, forests, and along nearby streams. They also inhabit residential gardens, parks, and orchards.
They are often seen enjoying a variety of flowers, and gathering in large numbers at mud puddling locations. Their life span is about two weeks.
They produce 2-3 broods a year in the deep South U.S. Its breeding range encompasses most of the United States and Canada.
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail utilizes a large variety of host plants, mostly trees, such as cottonwood, ash, birch, wild black cherry, tulip tree, sweet bay (magnolia) and willow.
Favorite nectar plants include honeysuckle, milkweeds, azaleas, thistles and other urban flowers.
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January 27th, 2022
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Jurgen Lorenzen
Joseph, thank you very much for the feature in the WEEKLY PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE group!