Post · bonfire.cafe

@Trilobyter@mastodon.world · 4 hours ago

Three #photos today. Saw this pipevine #swallowtail flittering around the backyard and eventually it zeroed in on the #pipevine I planted earlier this spring just for this species (its host plant). Captured it alighting on it then depositing a clutch of #eggs.

#photography #butterfly #ButterflyPhotography #insects #InsectPhotography #MacroPhotography #BackyardWildlife #nature #gardening

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Color photo of a black butterfly with blue, orange, and white spots hovering above a pipevine tendril.

Color photo of a black butterfly with blue, orange, and white spots clinging to a pipevine leaf stem and depositing orange eggs on it.

Color macro photo of a clutch of orange eggs freshly deposited by a pipevine swallowtail at the base of a pipevine leaf stem.

#pipevine #Swallowtail #insectphotography #butterflyphotography #BackyardWildlife #eggs #butterfly #macrophotography #insects #photos #gardening #nature #photography

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