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  • This near-perfect example of a Palamedes swallowtail was photographed deep in the Shark River region of the Florida Everglades. Found from coastal Virginia to Eastern Texas it is found throughout all of Florida.
    Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palam..des)
  • The large Palamedes swallowtail is perhaps the most common of the swallowtails found in SW Florida.
    Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palam..des)
  • An eastern tiger swallowtail rests on a pond cypress limb in the early morning light, gathering the warmth it will need to power up its flight muscles in the Six-Mile Cypress Slough in Fort Myers, Fl.
    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio g..cus)
  • This perfect example of an eastern tiger swallowtail is resting on a wild primrose bush deep in the Corkscrew Swamp of Collier County, Florida.
    Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio g..cus)
  • Giant swallowtail butterfly feeding on nectar from red penta flowers in Southern Georgia.
    Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
  • Giant swallowtail pauses on a smilax vine on a hot summer day in the Corkscrew Swamp of Collier County, Florida. This big beauty had a 5-inch wingspan!
    Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)
  • Palamedes swallowtail fully spread to show its beautifully patterned wings deep in Central Florida's remote Okaloacoochee Slough, which is sort of a no-man's land between Lake Okeechobee and the Florida Everglades.
    Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palam..des)
  • A rather ragged late-summer Palamedes swallowtail feed on on pickerelweed nectar in a pond at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge on the Florida's northern Gulf Coast.
    Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palam..des)
  • Palamedes swallowtail on a thistle in the Okaloacoochee Slough in South-Central Florida, Hendry County.
    Palamedes Swallowtail
  • Palamedes swallowtail on a thistle in the Okaloacoochee Slough in South-Central Florida, Hendry County.
    Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palam..des)
  • Palamedes swallowtail on a hot summer day in the Corkscrew Swamp of Collier County, Florida.
    Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palam..des)
  • Unusual for a swallowtail, the clodius parnassian is mostly white-colored and is a member of the snow apollo family of butterflies. It is usually found in the mountainous regions of the western states where it feeds on a large variety of native wildflowers. This one was found about 15 miles northwest of Mount Rainier in a meadow feeding on wild blackberry flowers near the Carbon River in Washington State.
    Clodius Parnassian
  • Unusual for a swallowtail, the clodius parnassian is mostly white-colored and is a member of the snow apollo family of butterflies. It is usually found in the mountainous regions of the western states where it feeds on a large variety of native wildflowers. This one was found about 15 miles northwest of Mount Rainier in a meadow feeding on wild blackberry flowers near the Carbon River in Washington State.
    Clodius Parnassian
  • A swallow-tailed kite glides above the wetlands in rural Southwestern Florida just outside of Immokalee, Florida in search of snakes, lizards, frogs and other birds. This graceful flyer can swoop down quite suddenly to catch and kill its prey.
    Swallow-tailed Kite
  • This beautiful, large butterfly could easily be mistaken for a swallowtail, but the Weidemeyer's admiral is another member of the brushfoot family (same as the monarch) and is mostly associated with the forested areas near streams in the Rocky Mountains and American Great Basin where it can easily find its larval host trees: aspens chokecherries and western serviceberries. This one was found high in the mountains near Aspen, Colorado in the White River National Forest.
    Weidemeyer's Admiral - 1
  • This beautiful, large butterfly could easily be mistaken for a swallowtail, but the Weidemeyer's admiral is another member of the brushfoot family (same as the monarch) and is mostly associated with the forested areas near streams in the Rocky Mountains and American Great Basin where it can easily find its larval host trees: aspens chokecherries and western serviceberries. This one was found high in the mountains near Aspen, Colorado in the White River National Forest.
    Weidemeyer's Admiral - 2