Anise Swallowtail by Richardphotos
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this Anise shiwed up today where I was doing a little work, so I grabbed my camera and started shooting-126 no less.it was very difficult to capture because it kept moving it's wings almost none stop.I picked out my favorites to share.thanks for viewing and any comments.I am way behind on the galleries from being gone for 2 days.I went to a birthday party tonight and wow! the food was delicious. I will post some food pictures later.they had a desert called "Brazo de Mercedes" on Filpinos origins.it is loaded with eggs and is delicious
The Anise Swallowtail, Papilio zelicaon, is a common swallowtail butterfly of western North America. Both the upper and lower sides of its wings are black, but the upper wing has a broad yellow stripe across it, which gives the butterfly an overall yellow appearance. There are striking blue spots on the rear edge of the rear wing, and the characteristic tails of the swallowtails. Its wingspan is 7-9 cm. Its body is somewhat shorter than the rather similar Western Tiger Swallowtail, with which its range overlaps; it also lacks the black stripes, converging toward the tail, of the later. There is a somewhat darker subspecies, Papilio zelicaon nitra, which is rare throughout the range, though somewhat more often found at lower elvations.
The Anise Swallowtail is a butterfly of fairly open country, and is most likely to be seen on bare hills or mountains, in fields or at the roadside. It is often seen in towns, in gardens or vacant lots.
The caterpillar is green, with dark bands spotted with yellow. Its major food plants are members of the carrot family, Apiaceae, (including fennel), and also some members of the citrus family, Rutaceae. Like all swallowtail caterpillars, if disturbed, it will suddenly sprout bright orange osmateria or "stinkhorns" from just behind its head, which give off a foul odor. The caterpillar grows to around 5cm in length before forming a chrysalis, which is brown or green in colour and about 3cm long.
The normal range of the Anise Swallowtail extends from British Columbia and North Dakota at its northern extreme, south to the Baja California peninsula and other parts of Mexico. It is occasionally reported from the south-east United States, but its normal range does not extend east of New Mexico, and even in the south-western states it is uncommon in the desert regions. In the southern parts of its range, the adults can be seen year-round, but in the north-west coastal regios, there are two flights, in spring and fall, while in the warmest parts of its range, there is a single flight, between April and July. In all the more northly parts of the range, the chrysalis hibernates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anise_Swallowtail
Comments (94)
Fidelity2
Very well done.
mapps
Beautiful :-)
soffy
Fantastic collage Richard,amazingly beautiful shots,excellent**
mickuk50
excellent set of shots my friend mick
aquablue
Excellent photos for this butterfly ! I never seen such a speciman here in my area ! My preference goes to the last shot !
ToniDunlap
Great shots for a beautiful subject. wonderful Richard.
RobyHermida
Very nice work..............Well done my friend !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bpclarke
What beautiful shots! Excellent captures Richard! Bunny
npauling
Lovely shots of this beautiful little butterfly, he has such lovely markings and thank you for the info as we don't have those ones down here.
Electralena
Very beautiful collage, Richard. Superb!!!
HeartsRender
Wonderful photos!!! A+++++
mbz2662
Awesome capture of a beautiful butterfly...
PositivelyCreative
Super, super capture. So beautiful and vivid! WOW!
three_grrr
It's beautiful! And what great captures! We see the yellow swallowtails and there's a black swallowtail we see too, I think called Mourning Cloak.
Kazam561
Beautiful!
irakika
Very nice work, excellent!
lizzibell
beautiful...
angel_dust
Gorgious flowers and butterflies!!
tallpindo
So this was of the rare Texas awn of Anise Swallow tails. I have never seen them flying like Canada geese in vees. Bucking head winds must be a real terrain skipper. Happy for your fun in the sun capturing this one.
amirapsp
Butterfly beauty...
sessan53
Very, very great shot. These butterflies is wonderful. :-)hugs sessan
erlandpil
Good idea and picture erland
jocko500
You get a lot of good shots of butterflys. plusI like the history and information you add to it. cool
Druidstorm
Truly a wonderful capture friend! Bravo!!!...:))
Atom
Beautiful collage!
prionbrain
Another very very beautiful butterfly!!! Great job!!! Your collection is increasing!!!
Steff_7
BEautiful series of capture for this beautiful Butterfly. Awesome work...
artaddict2
After your last comment, thanks, just had to take a look at your amazing Swallowtail shots somehow I had missed. I still class myself as a novice but it makes you appreciate the time and effort that you have to put in to capture such fantastic shots as these. The collage gives the impression of how much she jumped from one position to another. Great close detail of those big eyes (bottom R.)
trishabadblood
fantastic collage...great shots...
Gor111
A wonderful butterfly series! Interesting description! Thanks for it!!!