Papilio troilus

Urban Spicebush Swallowtail In Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|2024-09-09T19:01:45-05:00September 10th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Sebastian County, Spicebush Swallowtail Butterflies|Tags: adult, butterflies, butterfly, garden, grass, Papilio troilus, Spicebush Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly, summer, swallowtail, swallowtails, urban, yard|

Bird activity was slow yesterday when this Spicebush Swallowtail flew in and landed on the grass nearby. I quickly stood up to photograph the swallowtail.

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More New Butterflies At Sequoyah NWR!

By Mia McPherson|2024-08-15T17:56:36-05:00August 16th, 2024|Categories: Oklahoma, Pipevine Swallowtail Butterflies, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies, Spicebush Swallowtail Butterflies, Viceroy Butterflies|Tags: adult, Arkansas River, Battus philenor, Bog Smartweed, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, butterflies, butterfly, Epargyreus clarus, grass, grasses, insects, Johnson Grass, Limenitis archippus, nectaring, Nekemias arborea, Papilio troilus, Peppervine, Persicaria setacea, Pipevine Swallowtail, Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly, river, riverbank, Silver-spotted Skipper, Silver-spotted Skipper butterfly, skipper, skippers, Sorghum halepense, Spicebush Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly, summer, swallowtail, swallowtails, Viceroy, Viceroy butterfly, Viceroys, white wildflowers, wildflowers|

Yesterday, when I shared the pale young Raccoon, I mentioned that I also photographed some butterflies at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge. Here they are!

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