Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)

Order: Lepidoptera (le-pid-OP-ter-a) (Info) Family: Papilionidae (pap-ill-lee-ON-ih-dee) (Info) Genus: Papilio (pap-ILL-ee-oh) (Info) Species: glaucus Profile: 5 positives 1 neutral No negatives Regional... This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions: Mobile, Alabama Vincent, Alabama Deer, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas Marion, Arkansas North Little Rock, Arkansas Colorado Springs, Colorado Denver, Colorado New Milford, Connecticut Bear, Delaware Apopka, Florida Cape Coral, Florida Citrus Park, Florida Conway, Florida Jacksonville, Florida North De Land, Florida Palm Coast, Florida Quincy, Florida Saint George, Florida Spring Hill, Florida (2 reports) Tallahassee, Florida Byron, Georgia Cornelia, Georgia Dacula, Georgia Dallas, Georgia Algonquin, Illinois Cary, Illinois Cherry Valley, Illinois Chester, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Divernon, Illinois Elmhurst, Illinois Galva, Illinois Hollowayville, Illinois La Grange Park, Illinois Oak Lawn, Illinois Park Forest, Illinois Rock Falls, Illinois Westchester, Illinois Farmersburg, Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana Macy, Indiana Oak Park, Indiana Inwood, Iowa Benton, Kentucky Cadiz, Kentucky Ewing, Kentucky Hebron, Kentucky Montz, Louisiana Port Vincent, Louisiana Durham, Maine Crofton, Maryland Fallston, Maryland Frederick, Maryland Linthicum, Maryland Loch Lynn Heights, Maryland Rockville, Maryland Halifax, Massachusetts Ocean Grove, Massachusetts Royal Oak, Michigan Deephaven, Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Florence, Mississippi Latimer, Mississippi Lucedale, Mississippi Madison, Mississippi Ripley, Mississippi Tupelo, Mississippi Wiggins, Mississippi Cole Camp, Missouri Lincoln, Nebraska Hudson, New Hampshire Maplewood, New Jersey Marlton, New Jersey , New York Himrod, New York , Newfoundland and Labrador Cary, North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina Concord, North Carolina Elizabeth City, North Carolina Fearrington, North Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina Mooresville, North Carolina Oxford, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina Bexley, Ohio Bucyrus, Ohio Cherry Grove, Ohio Medina, Ohio Newark, Ohio Kellyville, Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Alexandria, Pennsylvania Baidland, Pennsylvania Middleburg, Pennsylvania Wilkes-barre, Pennsylvania Lexington, South Carolina Okatie, South Carolina Saint Matthews, South Carolina Lebanon, Tennessee Pocahontas, Tennessee Dalworthington Gardens, Texas Desoto, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Garland, Texas Harker Heights, Texas Houston, Texas Lewisville, Texas Lufkin, Texas Mckinney, Texas Leesburg, Virginia Roanoke, Virginia Liberty, West Virginia West Allis, Wisconsin Member Notes: Rating Author Comment Positive melody On Jul 24, 2006, melody from Benton, KY (Zone 7a) wrote: A very large butterfly with a wingspan of up to 5 7/8", the Tiger Swallowtail is one of the most striking of all of the North American butterflies. Found east of the Rocky Mountains and the caterpillar eats the foliage of the wild cherry, birch, poplar, ash, and tulip trees. Positive Dea On Aug 4, 2006, Dea from Frederick, MD (Zone 6a) wrote: If you look at the back wings of this species and see blue, you will know it is a female. Neutral Magpye On Aug 16, 2006, Magpye from NW Qtr, AR (Zone 6a) wrote: Wing span: 3 5/8 - 6 1/2 inches (9.2 - 16.5 cm). Identification: Male is yellow with dark tiger stripes. Female has 2 forms: one yellow like the male and the other black with shadows of dark stripes. Hindwing of both female forms has many iridescent blue scales and an orange marginal spot. On the underside of forewing of both female forms the row of marginal spots has merged into a continuous band. Life history: Males patrol for receptive females. Females lay eggs singly on host leaves. Caterpillars eat leaves and rest on silken mats in shelters of curled leaves. Chrysalids overwinter. Flight: 3 flights from February-November in Deep South; 2 flights from May-September in north. Caterpillar hosts: Leaves of various plants including wild cherry (Prunus), sweetbay (Magnolia), basswood (Tilia), tulip tree (Liriodendron), birch (Betula), ash (Fraxinus), cottonwood (Populus), mountain ash (Sorbus), and willow (Salix). Adult food: Nectar of flowers from a variety of plants including wild cherry and lilac (Syringa vulgaris). Habitat: Deciduous broadleaf woods, forest edges, river valleys, parks, and suburbs. Range: Eastern North America from Ontario south to Gulf coast, west to Colorado plains and central Texas. Positive Malus2006 On Jan 23, 2008, Malus2006 from Coon Rapids, MN (Zone 4a) wrote: This butterfly is very common in the Eastern United States. Adult forms comes out mid to late summer. Tend to be solitary, moving over a large range, mainly searching trees and other plants for the right host to lay eggs. Comes to flowers of a wide variety. I have notice it feeding on petunias and joe pye weeds in my yard and a wide variety of butterfly flowers in public gardens. There are also a black phase - books said that only females can be in this phase - copy pipevine swallowtails pretty good - only faint marks can be seen - giving the butterfly a bit more lighter color appearance. Maybe 10 to 20% of all seemly pipevine swallowtail that we see are actually black phase of tiger swallowtail? Positive twopuppies On May 12, 2008, twopuppies from Chester, IL wrote: It really depends upon where you look to see seemingly pipevine swallowtails- Red spotted purples are very similar as are Diana fritillaries(though the Diana's are quite a bit larger and very rare in most places). As far as swallowtails the spicebush and black swallowtails are very similar as well. The pipevine swallowtails have a distinctive flight pattern and a very different color if you know what to look for. Net them and take a closer look! Here in places where Tiger swallowtails are common perhaps 80% of the black butterflys on red clover are tigers one of two percent are pipevines and the rest are other species of swallowtails with an occasional dark Danaid or Speyeria. Milkweed is the place for me to find pipevines and I see many spicebush swallowtails on wild mints. Positive themikeman On Sep 1, 2010, themikeman from Concord, NC (Zone 7a) wrote: Very beautiful, especially the female that has the brilliant blue on the bottom edges of her wings. these love my 'laura' phlox and my purple butterfly bush..mike.

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