Papilio glaucus (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail)

Photograph taken by on Monday, August 04, 2014
<em>Papilio glaucus</em> (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail)

Papilio glaucus (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail)

More butterfly pictures today. There were a couple eastern tiger swallowtails on the Verbena bonariensis although I had a bit of work to get close to them. Eventually I managed to do it, though, and I think the results were worth the effort. This butterfly was moving from one flower head to the next, sucking nectar through its long proboscis. Here you can see the “drinking straw” as it’s moved from one flower to another.

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