Eastern Tiger Swallowtail by nongo

Photography • Creatures • posted on Jul 05, 2005

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I was soooo excited to capture this butty in my front yard, from what I have looked up it's a Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, who has landed on my Japanese snowball bush. I had to zoom in on him as this bush is pretty tall. It's not the best photo but I'm quite pleased with what I've captured. I hope you enjoy it too... ;)

Comments (23)

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DELMUR

10:45PM | Tue, 05 July 2005

beautifull butterfly on a 'seringat'!( the name of the flower in french)and the butty,machaon!

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nongo

10:52PM | Tue, 05 July 2005

Delmur, thanks for the French lesson!!!

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kimariehere

11:06PM | Tue, 05 July 2005

wow and i would have just thought it was a butterfly!! lol what an exciting and beautiful capture..!!! you got it perfectly too... pretty 'seringat and machaon... hehe i learned some french today!!

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sharky_

11:11PM | Tue, 05 July 2005

Beautiful. I'd like to capture one but I haven't been fortunate. My camera keeps scaring them away.. Excellent shot. Aloha

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maggiemai

11:12PM | Tue, 05 July 2005

Beautifullllll nongo!!! Such lovely yellow wings!! :-))) I would be excited too!! LOL Excellent shot of a really pretty butterfly! VOTE :-)

thevolunteer

12:00AM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Great capture. I know how hard it is go capture such a beauty. I think the flower is gardenia in Hawaii. Not Hawaiian....Should smell great. Aloha

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WandM

12:05AM | Wed, 06 July 2005

You found a real jewel in your garden. Nature is a fantastic source of inspiration.

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Sekadhar

12:07AM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Fantastic! Excellent shot!*****!

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1pearl

12:40AM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Beautiful shot !

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Punaguy

1:42AM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Whew, how fortunate for this beauty to land in your yard, and on this beautiful background! Great catch here Akemi~ Aloha~

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jacro

1:51AM | Wed, 06 July 2005

jolie prise de vue de ce papillon que je connais tr bien

BMWilliams

1:57AM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Beautiful!

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kansas

9:04AM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Thanks for sharing this beautiful capture! He is a beauty and so is your snowball bush.

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Enmos

9:26AM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Gorgeous buttie here and beautiful colors and compo !! Superb !! :o)

cynlee

11:23AM | Wed, 06 July 2005

exciting to catch one so big :]

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pm_hackworth

12:02PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Excellent capture!! ;0) Pretty butty indeed!

MoonPixie

12:59PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

Love it!

logiloglu

8:39PM | Wed, 06 July 2005

gorgeous shot. wonderful light and colours. excellent done,Akemi !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!!

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Lledeline

3:03PM | Thu, 07 July 2005

Great shot

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Akinom

4:28PM | Thu, 07 July 2005

WOW and triple wow... a winner, Akemi! v*****

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jcv2

10:37AM | Sun, 10 July 2005

Hidden swallow, crouching tiger! ;) Excellent capture, fantastic to find a butty thos beautiful in your own garden!

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blacq_nyght_vampyre

12:57AM | Thu, 14 July 2005

Very beautiful Composition!!

bleachfix

10:23PM | Sat, 16 July 2005

I was looking all over the galleries for a shot of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, so I could link it to my image of the Crimson Bee Balm flower. Now I can change my old link, as your shot looks so much better than the one I found on the internet! []/;^)