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Giant swallowtail. #GiantSwallowtail #EasternGiantSwallowtail #PapilioCresphontes #Swallowtail #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #RichardBongStateRecreationArea #Kansasville #Wisconisn
A giant swallowtail butterfly on a green leaf. It is facing upward. The butterfly is mostly black, with a line of yellow markings stretching all the way across its outstretched wings. There is a curved line of these yellow markings running from the top of the forewing all along the bottom of the hindwings. The head is black with two large black eyes and two thin white lines stretching from between the eyes toward the dark thorax. Its abdomen is also yellow, which can be seen between the two wings. A small patch of black or dark blue with a slight red line across it can be seen just above the curved yellow on the hindwing right at the center. There are two tails extending from the hindwings which are black with a yellow spot toward the tip.
August 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
callenh.bsky.social
Eastern giant swallowtail. #EasternGiantSwallowtail #PapilioCresphontes #Swallowtail #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #BellevueStatePark #Bellevue #Iowa
An Eastern giant swallowtail butterfly on a clover flower. The background is blurred leaves. The butterfly is facing away and up right. Its wings are spread open. It is black with yellow markings all around the outer edges of the wings and a horizontal yellow line across the forewings. It has a short black tail with a yellow dot at the end.
September 8, 2026 at 12:39 PM
callenh.bsky.social
Eastern giant swallowtail. #EasternTigerSwallowtail #PapilioCresphontes #Swallowtail #Butterfly #Insect #Animal #Nature #Photography #BellevueStatePark #Bellevue #Iowa
An Eastern giant swallowtail on a clover. Its wings are partially open. The large butterfly is mostly black with multiple yellow spots forming a diagonal down the middle of its upper wing, with a couple of other yellow lines branching off from that out to the edge of the wing. The lower wings has a yellow line going across the bottom of the wing. The wings have tails on them that are black with a yellow spot in the middle.
March 12, 2026 at 11:30 AM
kringlesjingles.bsky.social
The first of the year (for us) Papilio cresphontes (eastern giant swallowtail) feeding on Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower). This was in the back garden. Hopefully it found the rue I planted in the front garden. We don't have room for any of the prickly ash group.

#gardening #butterflies
Photo shows a Papilio cresphontes (eastern giant swallowtail) feeding on Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower). #gardens #ButterflyGardening #WildlifeGardening #sanctuary #Papiliocresphontes #easterngiantswallowtail) #Echinaceapurpurea #purpleconeflower #KillYourLawn #GrowStuff #Nature #Wildlife #insects #NativePlants #habitat #wild
June 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
diana-bear.bsky.social
it's a dull morning, cloudy, still no wind and 1C. So thoughts of warm days are allowed. #butterfly #papiliocresphontes #lovenature #butterflies
butterfly papilio cresphontes sitting on a flower
November 20, 2024 at 3:18 PM