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Swallowtails

Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:01 pm
by Martin
Very chuffed with this pair of images taken yesterday.

Common Swallowtail - Papilio machoan
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Scarce Swallowtail - Iphiclides podalirius
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Martin.

Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:57 pm
by Woundsinger
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Beautiful

Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:47 pm
by Wayne
Nice :)

I'd love to get some photos of swallowtails!

- Wayne

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:40 pm
by Chris P
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I find swallowtails fairly easy to find and photograph, for example when nectaring on lavender or buddhleia , but the usual problem is that they are a bit tatty. Finding them fresh and intact is usually a bit more difficult......

This is an attempt at a slightly "arty" image, rather than a record shot.

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:56 pm
by Martin
I have an admission to make...I made a fopar on the ID when I said #2 was a Scarce Swallowtail. It is, in fact, a Spanish Swallowtail, Iphiclides feamelii.

Martin.

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