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spicebush swallowtail

Middlesex Fells, June 2007

A stroll up the Skyline trail and back along the reservoirs.
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you should see an image here Close-up of some moss.
you should see an image here While eating lunch I noticed I was sitting about three inches from a wasp nest. Here's one of the residents.
you should see an image here Here's another.
you should see an image here This is milkweed, from which monarch butterfly larvae get their toxin.
you should see an image here This, however, is a spicebush swallowtail Papilio Troilus.
you should see an image here It's not known to be toxic, but it mimics pipevine swallowtails, which are.
you should see an image here A swallowtail with most of its hindwings missing.
you should see an image here The spicebush swallowtail again.
you should see an image here Close-up on the underside.
you should see an image here Another photo of the swallowtail.
you should see an image here One more photo of the spicebush swallowtail feeding on milkweed.
you should see an image here This is some kind of Skipper - possibly a Little Glassywing.
you should see an image here But it might also be a Northern Cloudywing.
you should see an image here One more photo of the mystery skipper on milkweed.