Mystery Butterfly?

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Mystery Butterfly?

Post by scuttlecrusty22 » Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:32 am

Does anyone know what kind of butterfly this is? It's been driving me crazy!ImageImage Thanks in advance to anyone who can identify it!ImageImageImage

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Re: Mystery Butterfly?

Post by Xenocrab » Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:22 am

It's a black and yellow one!

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Re: Mystery Butterfly?

Post by Hermiesguardian » Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:41 am

Xenocrab wrote:
Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:22 am
It's a black and yellow one! Image

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Re: Mystery Butterfly?

Post by scuttlecrusty22 » Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:01 pm

Xenocrab wrote:It's a black and yellow one! Image

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Oh geez thanks I had no ideaImage

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Re: Mystery Butterfly?

Post by Xenocrab » Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:18 pm

Hey no problem! I'm glad I could help!

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Re: Mystery Butterfly?

Post by JoeHermits » Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:38 pm

It’s not an anise swallowtail, is it? I’ve seen similar colourations online.

Have you tried a reverse image search?


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Re: Mystery Butterfly?

Post by scuttlecrusty22 » Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:43 pm

JoeHermits wrote:It’s not an anise swallowtail, is it? I’ve seen similar colourations online.

Have you tried a reverse image search?


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No I haven't tried that yet...ImageImage

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Re: Mystery Butterfly?

Post by scuttlecrusty22 » Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:47 pm

I think I found what species it is!!!ImageImageImage It looks to me like it's a "Giant Swallowtail" What do y'all think?ImageImage

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Re: Mystery Butterfly?

Post by soilentgringa » Fri Jul 26, 2019 2:41 pm

It’s a giant swallowtail; we have lots of them in my area. I have one that I’ve been saving to mount for a while.


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Re: Mystery Butterfly?

Post by scuttlecrusty22 » Fri Jul 26, 2019 3:32 pm

Thanks everyone for helping me slove the mystery!

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Re: Mystery Butterfly?

Post by scuttlecrusty22 » Fri Jul 26, 2019 3:32 pm

*Solve*

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