Ya, I've not been on here in a few days and it looks like I'm gonna be tied up at this time slot for at least until the severe cold snap is over because I'm entertaining a few weather refugees at this time. #butterflies
Keeping 'em sheltered until I can release them:
Female #GiantSwallowtail
Male #Monarch
Male #EasternBlackSwallowtail

The monarch is gonna get concierge limo service to a main migratory route located at a major creekbed so that it can make it to Texas in the few warm days we have in the forecast, where it'll find late blooming nectar sources. The other two don't migrate and they'll be living their best lives until they can't. I'll also bend over backwards to see to the survival of the nectar blooms in the yard so that they don't freeze because #PaintedLadies are still coming through here.
#MonarchWaystation

Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) on thistle.

#swallowtails #giantswallowtail #swallowtailbutterflies
#video of a #GiantSwallowtail #Butterfly in my garden this morning. I had to shorten the video in order to upload.
#GiantSwallowtail #Butterfly #PurpleConeflowers #Garden This beauty visited my garden this morning. I was shocked to discover they only live 2-3 weeks once an adult. So glad I saw this butterfly. #alttext
The largest butterfly in Canada and the United States is the #GiantSwallowtail, Papilio cresphontes. It has a wingspan of 3.9 - 6.3 inches and is quite spectacular in yellow and black with yellow spots and hints of red and blue. The beautiful butterfly is sipping nectar on the Butterfly Bush or #Buddleia!
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Giant Swallowtail On Butterfly Bush by Debbie Oppermann

Giant Swallowtail On Butterfly Bush by Debbie Oppermann

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