a new swallowtail to my garden - but what kind?

he barely stopped fluttering his wings, but oh so pretty

again

a different swallowtail

one I saw while on vacation

Giant Swallowtail, Tiger Swallowtail, Zebra swallowtail, all gorgeous.
Josephine.

thanks Josephine - I think the Giant is my favorite. My DH thinks I'm nuts as I dropped everything running in to the house to get my camera - he thought something must be wrong....

You have good reason to be excited, they are beautiful. We don't have the Zebras here, but lots of Giant and Tiger.

any idea what kind this is?

Deja vu?
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/753043/

Could it be?

Nah .... looks like a female Eastern Black Swallowtail to me. But I have been known to be wrong. lol

This message was edited Aug 3, 2007 8:21 PM

I agree with Becky, but not on the being wrong.

I just started my garden 3 years ago - was always going to buy a bigger house, but then decided to stay put - so I started the garden and this is the first year to get so many butterflies - it is such a pleasure.

Good for you Debilue. Looks like they love the coneflower. Good thing I have two planted. Might be good luck or something. Beautiful pics by the way.

Leslie