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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) Jun 12, 2005

Photographed this one is a local park this morning. It is our largest Newfoundland butterfly.

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salvia_lover Modi'in, Israel Jun 12, 2005

Gorgeous pic!

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but why are all (???) of these lovely swallowtails all yellow and black with some kind of blue markings towards the base of their wings? Here's one (Papilio machaon syriacus) we have here in Israel:

-Julie

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konkreteblond Burleson, TX(Zone 8a) Jun 13, 2005

I think that's the same one as our Tiger Swallowtail. ? Julie, that Old World Swallowtail is just beautiful! Most of the Papilio species that I see are black and yellow, some black and blues.

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salvia_lover Modi'in, Israel Jun 13, 2005

KKB, thank you. Do you see how similiar they are? It's amazing to me...I mean these are an OCEAN apart!

-Julie

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Todd_Boland St. John's, NL(Zone 5b) Jun 13, 2005

Amazing Julie how similar the two species are to each other...I guess they all had a common ancestor at one point and the winds have blown them to all corners of the world.

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