tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post8356174328372608544..comments2023-10-24T04:43:53.179-04:00Comments on KGMom Musings: Oh, I Give Up!KGMomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-28960673998186050962008-08-25T00:16:00.000-04:002008-08-25T00:16:00.000-04:00I have to agree, black swallowtail!I have to agree, black swallowtail!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-6874257918214020502008-08-24T19:48:00.000-04:002008-08-24T19:48:00.000-04:00Yay, Donna, a Black Swallowtail, for sure!(because...Yay, Donna, a Black Swallowtail, for sure!<BR/>(because I was lucky enough to spend an hour with one, hanging motionless as he waited for his wings to firm up) Come see!<BR/>Pictures of them on the move are few and far between. Nice job!nina at Nature Remains.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07888238636692649668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-84874176123536051612008-08-22T16:12:00.000-04:002008-08-22T16:12:00.000-04:00Yes, definitely Eastern Black Swallowtail.I though...Yes, definitely <A HREF="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.jdmpics.com/animals/eastern-black-swallowtail-1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.jdmpics.com/eastern-black-swallowtail-butterfly.htm&h=307&w=472&sz=26&hl=en&start=1&usg=__5GpjTZ85zaE6MParsiqkmPY2XRo=&tbnid=pxSr0JV8-Vxh5M:&tbnh=84&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dblack%2Bswallowtail%2Bbutterfly%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den" REL="nofollow">Eastern Black Swallowtail.</A><BR/><BR/>I thought at first it was a Mourning Cloak Butterfly (I raised two of them from caterpillars when I was a kid) but they have a wider stripe of white on the outer edges of their wings.<BR/><BR/>Lovely pictures!Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-22165745013486000202008-08-20T08:14:00.000-04:002008-08-20T08:14:00.000-04:00Lovely photographs. We seem to have many more swa...Lovely photographs. We seem to have many more swallowtails this year than we usually have.NCmountainwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615765649828716560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-11779861975568057782008-08-19T22:37:00.000-04:002008-08-19T22:37:00.000-04:00Let us not overlook the spectacular clarity, detai...Let us not overlook the spectacular clarity, detail, and color of your zinnia shots!denverdochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09574453567392165275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-83703546666818287282008-08-19T12:40:00.000-04:002008-08-19T12:40:00.000-04:00Donna, at least you got beautiful shots of a beaut...Donna, at least you got beautiful shots of a beautiful butterfly. I'm lucky if I can get any kind of a shot of one; they are never (and I mean *never*) still long enough to get the camera focused. ;o) But I'm still hopeful that one day I'll succeed, and then I won't know its identification. lolMary Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077077785157768787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-53766983650068347792008-08-18T11:40:00.000-04:002008-08-18T11:40:00.000-04:00Those photos are so pretty. You did a good job.Those photos are so pretty. You did a good job.Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269872465115056916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-26179421694071532632008-08-18T09:08:00.000-04:002008-08-18T09:08:00.000-04:00That's why I usually show butterflies on my blog w...That's why I usually show butterflies on my blog without naming them :o), i.e. "pretty butterfly".Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-59314281494658548652008-08-18T08:37:00.000-04:002008-08-18T08:37:00.000-04:00Ahhhh-that would be STRIPED, not stropede. Sounds...Ahhhh-that would be STRIPED, not stropede. Sounds like a new biology term, doesn't it. It's just my clumsy fingers on the little computer keyboard.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-64906010928359985442008-08-18T08:36:00.000-04:002008-08-18T08:36:00.000-04:00All-thanks for your help. I was thrown by the ora...All-thanks for your help. I was thrown by the orange spots along the outer wings--all the Internet photos showed yellow.<BR/>And then there's the abdomen. The Internet photos of tiger swallowtails show the abdomen as stropede. My photo clearly shows spots.<BR/>So, then I thought pipevine swallowtail, but mine HAS an orange spot on dorsal hindwing (pipevines don't).<BR/>So, I think Ruth is right--black swallowtail.<BR/>Whew!<BR/>Thanks, all.<BR/>Thanks, butterfly for your absolute beauty.<BR/>No wonder I am confused.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-67695283828531016262008-08-18T01:25:00.000-04:002008-08-18T01:25:00.000-04:00Yeah... those swallowtails switch between black an...Yeah... those swallowtails switch between black and yellow to keep us all confused!<BR/><BR/>Beautiful shots, Donna. They're not easy to find sitting still.LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-35817935273009434002008-08-17T21:40:00.000-04:002008-08-17T21:40:00.000-04:00Beautiful.Beautiful.JeanMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14536421799031706759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-78882181691212107182008-08-17T20:48:00.000-04:002008-08-17T20:48:00.000-04:00I say it is a Black Swallowtail. I chased one for ...I say it is a Black Swallowtail. I chased one for my entire lunch hour a couple of weeks ago and got one picture. Your shots are gorgeous!<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_SwallowtailRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-16581695604852798172008-08-17T16:54:00.000-04:002008-08-17T16:54:00.000-04:00Donna, never give up! I'm happy you ran for the c...Donna, never give up! I'm happy you ran for the camera. <BR/><BR/>Looks like a dark female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail to me. The males are bright yellow. I'm not a butterfly expert so I hope I'm right. Large, wasn't it? They're hard to miss. <BR/><BR/>Beautiful photos, caught at every angle! <BR/><BR/>MaryMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31402520.post-55809895590629628932008-08-17T15:00:00.000-04:002008-08-17T15:00:00.000-04:00Looks like an Eastern Yellow Swallowtail to me.Looks like an Eastern Yellow Swallowtail to me.possumladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08060146825196164963noreply@blogger.com