Eastern Yellow Swallowtail

[Brenda Aarts]

Might be in the wrong category, but had to share this picture with you. This character kept returning to the same few lillys which allowed for some great pictures. Thanks for looking.

[WhiteRabbit]

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

[Oscarman]

Beautiful to see these, do you get lots of them in your area?

[Bud]

Nice...is that one of those monarchs that migrate from North America to Mexico and back year after year? I have seen a PBS documentary ...

[Brenda Aarts]

Originally Posted by Oscarman

Beautiful to see these, do you get lots of them in your area?

Apparently they are quite common around this area, this year is the first time I can recall seeing them though. Could be I'm just paying more attention.

Bud, I looked it up and it is the state butterfly of Alabama, Delaware, Gerogia and south Carolina...and state insect of Virginia. Widespread throughout Eastern US and reaches into Southern Ontario. They must go somewhere during our winters though I'm unable to locate that info at present.

[Daethen]

Beautiful!!!! Not a monarch though. They are a dark orange color.

[angryrio]

I had lilies and madonnas for my bouquet at my wedding. I love lilies.

[ronaldhanko]

Beautiful shot and gorgeous butterfly. We have a western variety here.

[Brenda Aarts]

Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

Beautiful shot and gorgeous butterfly. We have a western variety here.

Thank you Ronald. If I didn't know better I would have thought this guy was posing...he hung around in different positions for about 10 minutes or so, moving from lilly to lilly.