Posts Tagged: Western tiger swallowtail

'Tiger' in the Tithonia

Sometimes you can't get within 20 feet of a Western tiger swallowtail butterfly (Papillo rutulus). Sometimes it's a matter of inches.That was the...

Western tiger swallowtail nectaring Mexican sunflowers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Western tiger swallowtail nectaring Mexican sunflowers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Western tiger swallowtail atop a Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Western tiger swallowtail atop a Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tame That Tiger

Tame that tiger. Wilton beekeeper Brian Fishback, president of the Sacramento Area Beekeepers' Association, stopped Friday at the Harry H. Laidlaw...

Spreading Its Wing

WESTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL spreads its wings on an agapanthus in front of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Sip of Nectar

SIP OF NECTAR--The Western tiger swallowtail sips nectar from an agapanthus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Touch Down!

TOUCH DOWN--The Western tiger swallow tail touches the hand of beekeeper Brian Fishback, president of the Sacramento Area Beekeepers' Association. He was visiting the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis on Friday. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tiger on the Ookow

Oo-laa! Ookow!What a treat to see the Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutullus) gliding into a patch of ookow (Dichelostemma congestum), also...

Gliding

A MALE Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutullus) glides into a patch of ookow or wild hyacinth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Side View

SIDE VIEW of a Western Tiger Swallowtail shows him nectaring ookow or wild hyacinth (Dichelostemma congestum). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Tiger by the Tail

Talk about a tiger by the tail. That would be the Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus). It's returned to the Davis area after a 15-year...

Western Tiger Swallowtail

THIS IMAGE of the Western Tiger Swallowtail is by naturalist/photographer Greg Kareofelas, who took this in east Davis last week. Butterfly experts hadn't seen this butterfly in the Davis area for 15 years until this year.

Arthur Shapiro

BUTTERFLY EXPERT Arthur Shapiro hadn't seen the Western Tiger Swallowtail in the Davis area for 15 years. This year there's been some 100 sightings. "Now it looks like it's back as if nothing had happened!" he said. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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