[Ctleps-l] ZEBRA SWALLOWTAIL, Bridgeport

[Frank Mantlik]

In my haste to send out a report on my sighting of a Zebra Swallowtail, I forgot to mention that I did in fact see a small amount of red/orange color on the trailing corner of the hind wings.
Frank Mantlik
Stratford

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> On Jul 10, 2014, at 5:01 PM, Frank Mantlik <mantlik at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> 7/10/2014
> Bridgeport, Pleasure Beach - ZEBRA SWALLOWTAIL
> This morning while conducting a Piping Plover & Least Tern survey at Pleasure Beach, I saw a ZEBRA SWALLOWTAIL fly by, heading generally east. It was a large butterfly with bold parallel (basically) black and white zebra stripes on the wings. I watched it as it flew past me and away with my brand-new Swarovski 8.5X42 binoculars. It had a pretty direct flight low over the dune. I got my camera ready to get a record photo, but the butterfly never stopped. I subsequently spent a bit of time searching for it along the boardwalk. Had I remembered that the City recently planted some salvias by the renovated pavilion, I would have looked there too. 
> I have seen the species several times in recent years in SE Texas (near Big Thicket), and I am certain of the identification of this distinctive species. I never thought I'd see one in CT!
> Frank Mantlik
> Stratford, CT
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