Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Daily pictures #99, 1 by vitrsna

vitrsna wrote:
Polydamas Swallowtail (Battus polydamas) eclosed today, still pre-flight and just below the vacated chrysalis. This is probably the last of the Polydamas' for maybe three months...they disappear for awhile so i can work on the battered and mostly eaten Aristolochias so there will be abundant food for them when they next pass by. This one will not show me the top side of the wings which is velvety black with yellow markings around the edges. She is busy holding on.