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Not sure what variety is but it was fluttering rather rapidly around my yard today

UPDATE: A bit of Googling makes me believe it is an orchard swallowtail

Paul E. Earl

 
 
 

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Stunning Catch color & detail are spot on Great Shooting

Jack


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January 11, 2013

 
countryimpressions.net - Tammy M. Anderson

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  Beautiful butterfly capture.


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January 11, 2013

 

Antonio Amen
  Very good capture, well done.


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robinsonphotoart.com - Jeff Robinson

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  Looks like a member of the Swallowtail family - Excellent capture Paul!


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January 11, 2013

 

Paul E. Earl
  Thanks Jeff. A bit of research has told me that it is probably an orchard swallowtail.


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January 11, 2013

 

Michelle Alton
  I don't know what I'm talking about, but it appears as though this butterfly might be laying eggs? Is it even a female? A beautiful capture, regardless of what is going on!


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January 11, 2013

 

Colette M. Metcalf
  Beautiful capture!!!


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John Connolly
  A superb macro capture Paul! It is far too windy here to try and shoot the butterflies!


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January 11, 2013

 

Paul E. Earl
  Thanks everyone. Michelle, I think she was trying to lay eggs. She was flying around and landing often but didn't see her actually lay any. My research tells me that this is the female because she has less black than the male.


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