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  Sighting 1068787

Western Giant Swallowtail
Papilio rumiko

Observation date: October 08, 2015
Submitted by: PONYRCR
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: This is the third Western Giant Swallowtail I've seen in the last three days. The first one, I didn't get a photo of, was in West Los Angeles on October 6, 2015. While photographing this one, another Western Giant Swallowtail flew over my yard. So that's four in the last three days.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: October 10, 2015
Coordinator notes: Papilio rumiko it is, cresphontes occurs in E Texas. We have no captures or photographs of this species in Kern County yet.-Ken Davenport