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Aug 18, 2017 20:41:07   #
tom99 Loc: Minnesota
 
This seemed to me like the size of a monarch or a little larger, and I wonder if anyone knows what it is called. It seems unusually plain colored for a butterfly except for the bright blue trim on the tail.


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Aug 18, 2017 20:44:07   #
Erv Loc: Medina Ohio
 
That is beautiful!!!!

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Aug 18, 2017 20:46:20   #
tom99 Loc: Minnesota
 
Thank you very much, Erv, for the nice comment. --Tom

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Aug 18, 2017 20:50:55   #
rwilson1942 Loc: Houston, TX
 

Looks like a Spicebush Swallowtail.

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Aug 18, 2017 21:01:53   #
tom99 Loc: Minnesota
 
Thanks, Rick, for the identification. Now I can read up on it in Wickipedia, etc... --Tom

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Aug 18, 2017 22:58:37   #
HOT Texas Loc: From the Heart of Texas
 
Nice shot, Black Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly. they are big.

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Aug 19, 2017 00:01:08   #
tom99 Loc: Minnesota
 
Hi H.T., thanks for the identification. I think you are right, the dark phase female seems to look more like what I have here. Thanks for your help.

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Aug 19, 2017 07:42:38   #
djb47 Loc: Lenoir, NC
 
Nice captures.

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Aug 19, 2017 08:25:53   #
tom99 Loc: Minnesota
 
djb47 wrote:
Nice captures.

Thanks, Don, for the look and nice comment. --Tom

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Aug 19, 2017 10:01:35   #
merrytexan Loc: georgia
 
tom99 wrote:
This seemed to me like the size of a monarch or a little larger, and I wonder if anyone knows what it is called. It seems unusually plain colored for a butterfly except for the bright blue trim on the tail.


it's a beautiful swallowtail i think..nice shots tom!

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Aug 19, 2017 10:23:43   #
tom99 Loc: Minnesota
 
Hi M.T. and thanks for the info... and for the nice comment. I think it might be a Black Eastern Tiger Swallowtail which is apparently a black female version of the Yellow and Black striped large Swallowtail butterfly. Whatever, it's a beautiful butterfly! Thanks for the look and comment!!! --Tom

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Aug 19, 2017 16:47:46   #
Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast
 
HOT Texas wrote:
Nice shot, Black Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly. they are big.


Looks like that to me too. Nice shots, Tom!

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Aug 19, 2017 19:38:31   #
tom99 Loc: Minnesota
 
Double thanks to you, Donna, and H.T. for the ident. and nice comments. --Tom

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Aug 19, 2017 20:21:51   #
Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia
 
Nice set, Tom and we had quite a few last season and really did confuse me, but yet to see one this season!

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Aug 19, 2017 20:43:08   #
dstalnaker Loc: Round Rock, Tx
 
A great place to go for ID's is BAMONA on the web. It has helped me a lot. Great shots.
Dee Dee

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