Giant Swallowtail

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Giant Swallowtail

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I was sure surprised to see this show up in my yard!
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Great pictures. I love butterflies. My yard is full of them...around my cones flowers of course...LOL.
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Nice pics! So much fun to capture them on camera, isn't it? So much better than nets as kids! :D
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Oh my! :cool: Just beautiful!
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Really great shots!!!
Have you got a webpage to id the different kinds? I know the monarchs but there are some that look just like them, and I have no idea how to tell them apart :lol:

Love the pictures, keep them coming!
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Re: Giant Swallowtail

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Actually I post them on "that other garden place" :roll: and get ID's but you can look here too

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

Does yours look like this one...this is a Viceroy. Looks like a monarch except it has that line going across the bottom of the wing.
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