Tiger Swallowtail behavior

C. Steer radioguy at netreach.net
Fri Jul 31 18:37:37 EDT 1998


Hi:

The other day a female tiger swallowtail butterflies stop and land for a
very short time on my grass. Then take off and land again. My guess is that
she was laying eggs.

I have tried to locate the eggs, but could not find any. I thought they
would lay eggs on the food plant. Has anyone observed this behavior? Is
this common to all swallowtails?

Chuck


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