Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Emerged yesterday! Giant or Ornythion Swallowtail?, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Got home from work at 830pm and noticed one of the swallowtail chrysalids I'd been babysitting since October eclosed! It was already night-time so I didn't release it until this morning. Took some photos for grins and then realized it doesn't quite look like a Giant Swallowtail. It doesn't have the yellow tail spots and the wing markings are a bit different. Am thinking perhaps an Ornythion Swallowtail which is rare for us. Am waiting for email back from our local NABA chapter for a positive identification.

Either way it's warm fuzzy time to have a butterfly emerge after having the chrysalis gathering dust for four months!!! Still have another two to go.

~ Cat

This message was edited Feb 8, 2007 9:54 AM