Zebra swallowtail

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Zebra Swallowtail butterfly (Protographium marcellus), Southeastern US north to southern Canada. Anywhere its sole larval food plant is found, the paw paw (Asimina sp.).

This was one of my first "catches" of a Zebra Swallowtail in quite some time. Along with several other species, these were in a field near a wetlands at Crab Orchard NWR at Marion, Illinois, enjoying the Liatris plants. © 2010 Curt Hart - All Rights Reserved

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It has been a full time job this summer, raising and releasing butterflies! Last summer the number of egg-laying adults and caterpillars was dismal, the lowest I’d seen in at least six or seven years. This was at least partially due to the severe weather we’d had the previous winter, which killed many overwintering eggs and caterpillars. This summer the butterflies are making up for that lost time, and breeding like their lives depend on it – which they actually do. I’ve raised and/or…

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