Coming In Hot!

Description

I was watching the Clearwing Hummingbird Moths and trying to focus on them, but the Swallowtails stole the show! I could hear thunder rolling in close to where I was, so I knew I didn't have much time before I had to leave. I just couldn't get enough of these Swallowtails and lucked out with getting these two in the photo together. The one on the right was just starting to move to a different flower to feed from, when the other one decided to do a sneak attack. All of the Swallowtails were doing this the whole time I was there, and they were very fast, so it was hard to try to get them in the frame with my macro lens.

Taken By

Amanda Nelson

Taken On

June 12, 2025

Tagged

flower plant petal purple butterfly pollinator insect yellow arthropod swallowtails wing lepidoptera