Black Swallowtail on Butterfly Weed
by Rose Guinther
Title
Black Swallowtail on Butterfly Weed
Artist
Rose Guinther
Medium
Photograph
Description
Black Swallowtail butterfly on butterfly weed with a white and green blurred bokeh background.
Papilio polyxenes, the black swallowtail, American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail, is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. It is the state butterfly of Oklahoma and New Jersey.
Asclepias tuberosa, the butterfly weed, is a species of milkweed native to eastern and southwestern North America. It is commonly known as butterfly weed because of the butterflies that are attracted to the plant by its color and its copious production of nectar.
Uploaded
August 26th, 2022
Embed
Share
Comments
There are no comments for Black Swallowtail on Butterfly Weed. Click here to post the first comment.