swallowtails

Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar

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Subject:  Tiger Swallowtail caterpillar Geographic location of the bug:  Montrose Colorado US Date: 07/05/2022 Time: 12:31 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman:  I found this today and had the darnest time identifying it – until I found your site.  It is the last caterpillar stage to pupating.  Beautiful caterpillar.  I moved it to a … Read more

Eastern Tiger Swallowtails

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Subject:  Ichneumon Geographic location of the bug:  Campbell, Ohio Date: 08/06/2021 Time: 5:58 PM EDT Gentle Readers, The Swallowtails visiting Daniel’s Ohio garden have been spectacular this year, but they were pretty spectacular last year as well. Within a half an hour of one another one evening, Daniel spotted this male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail nectaring … Read more

Spicebrush Swallowtail in Northeast Ohio

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Subject:  Ichneumon Geographic location of the bug:  Campbell, Ohio Date: 08/07/2021 Time: 10:56 AM EDT Gentle Readers, Daniel has still not had a chance to post all the great insects he has been photographing in Ohio. This Spicebush Swallowtail was quite elusive and would not let Daniel get close.  

Newly Eclosed Anise Swallowtail

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Subject:  Emerging Anise Butterfly In Trouble Geographic location of the bug:  West Los Angeles Date: 08/12/2021 Time: 12:14 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman:  Hi Bugman, I’m honored and humbled by your awarding me the Bug Humanitarian Award. And will endeavor to live up to it. This morning, an Anise Swallowtail emerged from his … Read more

Three Swallowtails in NorthEast Ohio

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Subject:  Tiger Swallowtail, Black Tiger Swallowtail and Black Swallowtail Geographic location of the bug:  Campbell, Ohio Date: 07/30/2021 Time: 3:30 PM EDT Gentle Readers, Daniel has been enjoying seeing butterflies of his youth growing up east of Youngstown on the Pennsylvania border.  Daniel’s mother Pearl’s garden has gotten greatly overgrown, but some of that growth … Read more