beginner requires ID of swallowtail (3 photos)

[Tiser, Gene M]

There is also the possibility that the butterfly pupated on a pop-up tent
trailer, motor home or motor vehicle at a campground further south only to
emerge far from its original location as the camper stopped at the National
Park.  

Some of the first female gypsy moths to show up in Wisconsin were found in a
state park campground.  (The females do not fly so it is most likely that
they hitch-hiked from infected areas on vehicles/campers).

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> From: 	Pierre A Plauzoles[SMTP:plauzolesp at bigvalley.net]
> Reply To: 	sphinxangelorum at bigfoot.com
> Sent: 	Friday, September 29, 2000 12:28 PM
> To: 	leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> Subject: 	Re: beginner requires ID of swallowtail (3 photos)
> 
> Bret Murray wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> It could have been blown north by storm winds.  I think it occurs
> naturally within
> some 200 miles.  Check with a natural history museum or academic
> entomology
> department on that to be sure.
> 
> > "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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