Subject: Lots of Butterflies!!!
Location: Powell, Ohio
August 4, 2015 11:13 am
Two yellow swallowtails (I think), and a monarch, visited our garden today!!!! One swallowtail was noticeably bigger than the other and a bit raggedy. The monarch wasn’t cooperating for pictures, kept flirting about, but I got one off when it rested in a tree. The monarch was very interested in the milkweed plant we let grow by the patio! So pretty!
Signature: Amber
Dear Amber,
Thanks for sending us documentation of your day of butterfly watching. The tattered Tiger Swallowtail is a female who can be distinguished from the male by the dusting of blue scales on the hind wings.
