The Wildlife Thread

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1767167262115451032

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1770047913562910999

 

[Niigata Jack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1770047913562910999

You must have a fair bit of wildlife in that mop you got on your ed

 

[K23]

Went to Portugal for the day on Monday this week and photographed this absolutely stunning Swallowtail butterfly. Never seen one before.

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1771077991608574043

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

Went to Portugal for the day on Monday this week and photographed this absolutely stunning Swallowtail butterfly. Never seen one before.

We're lucky enough to see a lot of these in the US Southeast, The most striking is the Zebra Swallowtail. Their primary (mabye only?) host plant is the Paw Paw, a slightly odd tropical-ish fruit tree that produces a mango/banana type of fruit. I think it's the only tropical fruit tree native to the US. We have a lot of them growing in the woodland edge at the bottom of our garden, so we're lucky enough to see a lot of these chaps flying around.

 

[Muteswan]

Took this in 2012 in Kefalonia, I think it’s a similar type. I took a lot of photos but it wouldn’t keep still for very long, I’m sure it was doing it on purpose.

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[Muteswan]

Snuck up on these two in Cyprus.

 

[K23]

Took this in 2012 in Kefalonia, I think it’s a similar type. I took a lot of photos but it wouldn’t keep still for very long, I’m sure it was doing it on purpose.

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Definitely the same as the one I saw and sounds like I had the same trouble as you waiting for it to keep still for long enough!

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1779563735104802982

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1793645254392140111

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1795027338381475920