I hope we all have a good year so the butterflies have increasing success. I wish you much success with your Zebra Swallowtails and all of the other butterflies that you raise this year. I'm kind of long-winded because I haven't been getting on here much for various reasons, so I thought I'd tell you what has been happening here. It was just here Friday night and has mud smeared all over the pole from trying to reach up and get at the bird seed that isn't there anymore, just the baffles because we didn't feel like taking those down too. I just hope that it doesn't wreck the metal pole feeder setup we bought last year. It also took down someone else's feeders. Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly flying, flapping wings, eating / drinking nectar / pollen in flowers Beautiful Insect Facts, Diet, Habitat, Information, Be. Other people in the neighborhood have seen it and they say it was born last year. In Maryland, this species flies in several broods, from mid-April, early July, and again in early September ( Butterflies of Maryland: A Biological Summary and Checklist by Lynn Davidson & Richard Smith). I've been making sure I'm inside before dark because I don't want to run into it. The attractive Zebra Swallowtail ( Eurytides marcellus ), with its bold black-and-white striping, is unique among Maryland swallowtails. One had lots of holes in the metal but I think it might still be usable.
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One might be fixable if I can figure out how to put it back together. It dragged three of our feeders off and totally destroyed the one. Of course, I'm also into birds, and that's fun too, but we've had to take all of our feeders down because we've had a bear coming around here a couple times a week. The few I have are only an inch tall, which is pitiful for this time of the year. I didn't have luck with my TMW coming up this year for some reason, so I had to buy some from a butterfly farmer, so thank goodness he had some. I used to have 14 rue plants but took it all out but two plants because we're so allergic to it. Oh, and we did just see some Giant Swallowtail eggs on the gas plants, but I'm holding off on bringing them in because I don't have luck with the cats when they're tiny. So far this year all we've had lay eggs were some American Ladies and a few Black Swallowtails. Even if I never get them, Amber and I get to raise lots of other kinds, so that's nice. One of the butterfly guys on the BAMONA website had told me one time that there are usually lots of ZSTs that puddle along the river several counties away from here, so you just never know. My trees here have probably finally gotten about as tall as I am and I have yet to see a ZST here at all, but maybe someday. It was a sunny, clear day with gentle breezes.Wow, Angie, I'm impressed! I'd say you're one of the few people on here who have gotten to raise Zebra Swallowtails. It was released from its enclosure, after 2-3 hours drying its wings, into the garden and approximately 1 hour later flew away. It was surprising to find this yellow form of Black Swallowtail along with the more commonly found Black Swallowtails with black abdomens usually in my garden. It was placed in a butterfly enclosure in September, 2021 at the 5th instar stage and quickly went into chrysalis, overwintering for 11 months in its enclosure. It had been a caterpillar in my organic vegetable and herb garden on the host plant dill along with other Black Swallowtail caterpillars that were feeding on both parsley and dill.
This Swallowtail eclosed on the morning of Augjust before 8 am. Hind-wings have more yellow and different markings than a female Black Swallowtail would have, appearing more like a male but is believed to be a female of form pseudoamericus.
Note: We believe this butterfly is a female as abdomen is yellow and has no claspers as a male BS would have. It was found as a Black Swallowtail caterpillar south of Santa Fe in Santa Fe Co., NM in September, 2021 and eclosed on Augafter overwintering 11 months in chrysalis in a butterfly enclosure. I am also seeking an an additional ID via BAMONA and am documenting the sighting. Observation notes: An experienced butterfly expert in New Mexico has helped me to identify this butterfly as a Female Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes form pseudoamericus) ex pupa.
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