RHH's photos with the keyword: swallowtail

These Swallowtails were feeding on this animal scat. We rode right over them with the car and they did not move. There were as many as seven of them feeding at the same time.

Photographed near the Forty Mile Point Lighthouse on Lake Huron's shore, this, I believe, is an Eastern Tiger Swwallowtail.

Photographed at Hog Lake in eastern Washington, I've identified this butterfly as an Anise Swallowtail. It is feeding from a flower of Arrowleaf Balsamroot.

If I am not mistaken this is a Pale Swallowtail. It was photographed in the fields near our home. The photos required a lot of patience since the butterfly moved around a lot but it seemed to stay in the same area, so I did get some photos.

This Pale Swallowtail was photographed in the fields near our home. It was very active but stayed in the same area and visited the same flowers and patience finally paid off.

This Pale Swallowtail was photographed near our home. It was very active but seemed to be patrolling a limited area and so I was able to get some photos.

We had stopped at a riverside near Dunster, British Columbia, when this picture was taken. There were numerous Tiger Swallowtails feeding from the mud by the riverside and several, like this one, on the plants nearby. They were oblivious to our presence and allowed us to get as many pictures as we wanted.

We were hunting for Lady's Slippers when we stopped along a river near Dunster, British Columbia, and found these Swallowtails drinking from the very mud along the river. They were so intent on what they were doing that our presence did not even disturb them. There were a few of them on the nearby plants as well and the photo below was taken at the same time.

Photographed at Lake Elizabeth, a small alpine lake in the North Cascades and a favorite place for scenery, for native orchids, and for other wildflowers. The road up to the lake, a Forest Service road that is quite rough in places is about seven miles and this was taken near the beginning of the road. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/08/lake-elizab...

Another photograph from Lake Elizabeth, but taken earlier in the summer and on a better day than the previous photos. The Western Tiger Swallowtail is Papilio rutulus. In eastern North America it is replaced by the very similar Papilio glaucus, the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/08/lake-elizab...