Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly On Echinacea

This is a male. Isn't he pretty? 

 It has been known by a variety of other names including black swallowtail, American swallowtail, parsnip swallowtail, parsley swallowtail, & Papilio polyxenes asterius. Black swallowtail caterpillars utilize a variety of herbs in the carrot family (Apiaceae) as host plants.

 

Black Swallowtail Butterfly On Zinnias. (Papilio polyxenes) Also known as American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail. This is a male. Its caterpillar is called the parsley worm because the caterpillar

feeds on parsley. They also host on dill, fennel, Queen Anne’s lace, and common rue.

Black Swallowtail Butterfly On Marigolds

Female, Papilio polyxenes. Or it might be a Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly, Papilio troilus. I've never seen one with such thin translucent wings before. In many cultures, it is believed the black butterfly is a symbol of transition, renewal or rebirth.

Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly On Lilacs

This photo  has been awarded the Photo of the Day award on Capture My Vermont, on May 28th, 2015.

 Black Swallowtail Butterfly Caterpillar On Parsley

Black Swallowtail Butterfly on Purple Vervain

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My blog is meant to inform and I strive to be totally accurate. It is solely up to the reader to ensure proper plant identification. Some wild plants and mushrooms are poisonous or can have serious adverse health effects.

Summer Wildflowers

Wild & Blue

Asiatic Dayflower

Blue-eyed-grass Flower

Sisyrnichium bermudiana L.

& Buttercup

In the language of flowers, the Buttercup traditionally carries the symbolic meaning of growth, youthfulness, good health, and attraction. 

Northern Bush Honeysuckle

Wood Asters

Birds Foot Trefoil

Bittersweet Nightshade

New England Asters

Canada Anemone

Blue Vervain

Bunchberries

Button Bush

Bladder Campion

Celandine

Wild Columbine

Common Hemp Nettle

Creeping Bellflower

Daisy

Dames Rocket

Deptford Pinks

Gentian

Black Cohosh

Indian Pipe

or

Ghost Pipe

False Hellebore

False Solomon's seal

Fleabane Daisy

Fringed Polygala

Golden Rod

Herb Robert

Indian Hemp Dogbane

Blue Flag Iris

Jewelweed

Joe Pye Weed

Knapweed

Lady Slipper

 (C. acaule)

Lupine

Mallow

Milkweed

Marsh Hedge Nettle

Common Wood Sorrel

Purple Loostrife

Purple Flowering Raspberry

Pasque Flower

Queen Anne's Lace

Wild Rose

Spreading Dogbane

Maximilian Sunflower

Vetch

Wildflowers

Wildflower Fields
One of my favorite things in late summer is the pink & yellow of the Joe Pye Weed & the Goldenrod, blooming in the fields.

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Thanks for your visits, favs and comments. As always, appreciated very much!

© all rights reserved by Elise T. Marks. 

Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.