Jim Fowler's photos with the keyword: Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly

Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow Fringed orchid) and Papilio troilus (Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly)

Platanthera ciliaris (Yellow Fringed orchid) and P…

Jim Fowler
05 Mar 2014 100
Day trip to the Green Swamp, Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Spicebush Swallowtail on Yellow fringed Orchid

Spicebush Swallowtail on Yellow fringed Orchid

Jim Fowler
31 Jul 2011 94
On the way to Pisgah Nationa Forest where I went to photograph the Three-birds Orchids, I stopped along the road to photograph the groups of wild, Yellow fringed Orchids. It's so nice to see them blooming on that mountain road, but since they grow in the ditches, I fear that they will succumb to mowing or ditch expansion. Anyway, while I was photographing the orchids, some butterflies came looking for a sip of nectar. I couldn't pass up this photographic opportunity...
Spicebush Swallowtail on Yellow fringed Orchid

Spicebush Swallowtail on Yellow fringed Orchid

Jim Fowler
31 Jul 2011 102
On the way to Pisgah Nationa Forest where I went to photograph the Three-birds Orchids, I stopped along the road to photograph the groups of wild, Yellow fringed Orchids. It's so nice to see them blooming on that mountain road, but since they grow in the ditches, I fear that they will succumb to mowing or ditch expansion. Anyway, while I was photographing the orchids, some butterflies came looking for a sip of nectar. I couldn't pass up this photographic opportunity...