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Butterflies and Moths

To make it easier to picture various butterflies and moths in the wild, browse the images below.

 

The eastern tiger swallowtail (papilio glaucus) can be found in woodlands, fields, roadsides and gardens, and beside rivers and streams in eastern North America from Ontario to Florida, west to Texas and the Great Plains. Look for them from February to November in the south and May to September in the northern portion of their range.

American Lady BW

This American lady butterfly was feeding on the nectar of the lantana floewrs beside a country road in eastern Pasco County, Florida in April of 2017

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American Painted Lady BW

This American lady butterfly was feeding on the nectar of the lantana floewrs beside a country road in eastern Pasco County, Florida in April of 2017

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Lantana Lover BW

This black swallowtail butterfly was feeding on lantana on a Pasco County, roadside in April of 2017.

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American Lady

This American lady butterfly was feeding on the nectar of the lantana floewrs beside a country road in eastern Pasco County, Florida in April of 2017

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American Painted Lady

This American lady butterfly was feeding on the nectar of the lantana floewrs beside a country road in eastern Pasco County, Florida in April of 2017

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Lantana Lover

This black swallowtail butterfly was feeding on lantana on a Pasco County, roadside in April of 2017.

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Parsnip Swallowtail

This black swallowtail butterfly was spiraling up the flower stalks of a patch of pickerelweed (pontederia cordata) for nectar in a marshy area of Tampa, Florida's Lettuce Lake Park in August of 2016.

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American Swallowtail

This black swallowtail butterfly was spiraling up the flower stalks of a patch of pickerelweed for nectar in a marshy area of Tampa, Florida's Lettuce Lake Park in August of 2016.

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Sara Longwing Butterfly

This sara longwing butterfly was flying around the La Paz Waterfall Garden in Vara Blanca, Costa Rica in lthe spring of 2008.

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Papilio Polyxenes

This black swallowtail butterfly was spiraling up the flower stalks of a patch of pickerelweed for nectar in a marshy area of Tampa, Florida's Lettuce Lake Park in August of 2016.

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Black Swallowtail

This black swallowtail butterfly was spiraling up the flower stalks of a patch of pickerelweed for nectar in a marshy area of Tampa, Florida's Lettuce Lake Park in August of 2016.

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The Brilliance Of Passion

This agraulis vanillae was found along a country road in rural southeastern Pasco County near Crystal Springs on a July 3, 2016 summer day.

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