beginner requires ID of swallowtail (3 photos)

Bret Murray bret69 at worldnet.att.net
Wed Sep 27 17:50:29 EDT 2000


I beleive you are right P crephontes giant swal.  A bit unusual to find so far
north unless someone was rearing and released them. I dont think they survive
winter so far north.
B Murray

"S.M.L." wrote:

> I am not presently involved in the study of butterflies, but having acquired
> a digital camera recently, I have been experimenting with taking macro
> photographs of insects. I was fortunate enough to get three reasonably good
> shots of a butterfly on a beach while visiting Point Pelee National Park in
> S. W. Ontario on August 11, 2000. My curiosity was raised, having never seen
> this species of butterfly before. A quick search on the web identified it as
> a type of swallowtail and I believe it to be a Giant Swallowtail, but I
> couldn't find a good enough photo on the web to be sure. If someone could
> help me to ID this butterfly, I would appreciate it greatly. If anyone would
> like full size copies of these photos (approx. 1600x1200 pixels and
> 350-400kb) I would be happy to e-mail them.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Loxton
>
> sluggo7 at hotmail.com
>
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