Giant Swallowtail Butterfly by Richardphotos
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Description
I went to a park in Arlington Texas Friday and just after I entered a forested walk path, I was lucky to see a Giant Swallowtail fly right by me and land.it stayed long enough for me to get 20 shots
The Giant Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio cresphontes) is a swallowtail butterfly common in various parts of North America, particularly the south and east. With a wingspan of about 10-16 cm , it is the largest butterfly in the United States.
The adults' wings are black, with two striking yellow stripes across the forewings and hindwings.
Giant Swallowtails feed on the nectar of a variety of flowers, but are known to enjoy azalea, bougainvilla, goldenrod, Japanese honeysuckle, and milkweed .
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Comments (100)
Beautiful butterfly and excellent capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a beauty!
Excellent shot,Well done!
Nice macro...!!!!
Look at those wings! Very nice capture :)
Beautiful capture Richard!
Beautiful!
kewl butterfly, love that pattern on his wings, great capture Richard----------------- as always bro. steve
beautiful
Cool Richard, I've never seen a shot of one period let alone this perfect.
Magnificent capture & specimen!
fantastic butterfly. A great shot. I love the shape of its wings
Soberba macro, cores magicas que se entrelaçam na natureza, brilhante meu amigo, aplausos (5)
Beautiful
Thanks for sharing this beauty.
Very beautiful capture!!!
What a great capture..very pretty butterfly! :)
Great shot. Aloha
really fantastic shot richard..pretty butterfly..
You did really great work! EXT!
So wonderful capture Richard, love the butterfly. Beautiful!!! :)
wonderful capture, Richard warm hug, Linda
Great shot
Great shot!
Excellent study!
Splendid shot Richard! it´s fantastic
I'm amazed that you have been able to click that shutter with such potentially dangerous weather looming so close to you Richard. Glad tp know you're alright. Stay safe! Steve :o)
Beautiful Richard, I have seen pictures of these in reference books but thats about it, this is the first photo of one of these taken by someone I know, sort of. Thanks for sharing, I guess this is the closest I will get to one of these beautiful creatures. Excellent work. Bravo!!!!!
FANTÁSTICA FOTO MEU AMIGO,MARAVILHOSA BORBOLETA ADOREI AS CORES E OS DETALHES.++++++++++5
Masterly macro, Richard. Very beautiful butterfly, and interesting information about it too. 16 cm. at max, is a pretty big fella. Amazing colours, a very cool shape of his wings..fantastic. Another little flying masterpiece, by mother nature.