Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1098443

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus

Observation date: July 10, 2016
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: This butterfly was intently gathering the contents of each floret from a swamp milkweed, sharing blossom-space with a couple of bees, along the ditch-line of the dirt-and-gravel road. Partly cloudy day, about 80 degrees and warming up fast. In addition to the swamp milkweed, there were chicory, blackberries, lespedeza, cinquefoil, queen anne's lace, mixed grasses; beech, maple, sycamore, dogwood, oak; honeysuckle and morning glory vines.
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: August 24, 2016
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, West Virginia, Putnam County