Posts Tagged: Battus philenor
This Beard Never Looked So Good
Aah, is there anything more beautiful than pipevine swallowtails nectaring on the rosy pink...
Jupiter's Beard and a single pipevine swallowtail. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, on Jupiter's Beard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pray Thee Well
When I last met up with a pipevine swallowtail, it wasn't faring well. In fact, I didn't recognize...
Pipevine swallowtail visiting the Storer Garden, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Praying mantis devouring a pipevine swallowtail. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Let Us Prey
Robert Bugg saw it first. That's entomologist Robert L. Bugg. Bugg, who received his doctorate in...
A praying mantis snares a pipevine swallowtail butterfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
It was the last flutter for this pipevine swallowtail butterfly after a praying mantis snared it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)