Posts Tagged: pipevine swallowtail
'Battus philenor! Battus philenor!'
“Battus philenor! Battus philenor!” Butterfly expert Art Shapiro,...
Pipevine Swallowtail, Battis philenor, nectaring on radish on Gates Canyon Road, Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, and Pipevine Swallowtail, Battis philenor. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Butterfly expert Arthur Shapiro monitoring his study site on Gates Canyon Road, Vacaville. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The slightest movement attracts Art Shapiro's attention. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Alamo Creek is dry at the lower elevations of Gates Canyon. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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)