Saturday, August 16, 2008

Western Swallowtail



In 1979 the legislature designated the Oregon Swallowtail (Papilio oregonius) as Oregon’s official insect. I thought this was one, but after examining several other photos, I believe it is a Western Tiger Swallowtail. Still pretty cool.

4 comments:

The Mulligan Family said...

Beautiful shot. Love how it stands out against the vivid pink flowers.

Anonymous said...

Well captured Jill and I love the pink flowers they are pretty and so colourful.

Unknown said...

Great photography Jill, its hard to capture butterflies just at the right moment but you did.

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