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Black Cherry, sm band , sm band Tuliptree of spots aspens et al. continuous caterpillar C-A C Mar/Apr- mostly Sept/Oct June-July females deciduous w/ more in two brood woods, female blue areas including Mar/Apr- black Sept/Oct suburbia stripe thin wide black bars often seen woods and high in woodland the trees openings, although especially they readily near water; descend for suburban nectar and gardens mudpuddling in the high females Appalachians spot orange usually with occurs a yellow w/ (if present) more blue large form black stripes than on males, that some but blue not treat as a as extensive as on female spot yellow separate (if present) species, Eastern Tiger Appalachian Swallowtails Tiger male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail glaucus Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus birches, cherries, aspens et al. ashes sm band et al. C-A continuous mostly late C in south, May-mid July R-U north mostly Apr/May- deciduous & female mixed woods Aug/Sept female and edges black stripe woods, many early thick especially in males w/ spring canyons & black bars Eastern Tiger ravines near narrow Swallowtails water resemble Canadian this species Tigers and is common there appears throughout to be a spot orange much of the broad hybrid (if present) Mexican band where highlands Canadian and and was male Eastern meet, prominently at least in featured New England in Aztec mythology they might best be male females with treated as wider bars and second one species more blue “tail” Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Two-tailed Swallowtail 29 28 For general queries, contact [email protected]

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