May
26th, 2016. While I was looking for wildflowers
at the Broad River Wildlife Management Area, I encountered this…
Zebra
Swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus)
feeding on Butterfly Milkweed (Asclepias
tuberosa) flowers. It was in perpetual motion, settling momentarily on one
flower and then flying to another. Occasionally, it would fly away as if in
search for another plant, only to return to this plant again. I was lucky enough
to ‘catch’ it for a rare instant when it stopped with its wings fully extended.
Reference:
Butterflies
and Moths of North America: Eurytides
marcellus
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