Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1099400

Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes

Observation date: August 28, 2016
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: This butterfly was fluttering very quickly, almost frenetically, between the ground and waist level, among purple loosestrife, queen anne's lace, mixed grasses, dirt, willow. Extremely hot and humid, 98 degrees, along an asphalt walkway beside shallow ponds, with thick weeds grown up nearly shoulder high. Present also were lespedeaz, sweet pea, poison ivy, cattails, poke-weed, ironweed, goldenrod, seed box; willow, sycamore, locust, maple.
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: August 29, 2016
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, West Virginia, Mason County