Pretty Butterfly

[z5guy]

i caught a look a this one the other day and snaped a pic, its betiful and since we made our pond bigger and put in a bog garden we have been seeing alot more dragonfly's and butterflys. i also recenlty put up a butter fly house in my new per3eiannal garden which is near the bog. This is an great lookin butterfly, i love the black, but what type is it? i looked in a book but couldent find a match.

p.s. you cant see it but this one has blue at the end of its wings on the outside of the wings.

[Ila002]

Looks like a Spicebush Swallowtail to me.

[Kildale]

I agree, that's what it looks like in my book too.

[z5guy]

thanks guys, by any chance do your books tell you what plants they use for there eggs??

[Ila002]

I know tons of good butterfly websites and books that explain which butterfly is attracted to what which includes host plants, and necter plants. Wat par of he country are you in and I can find out wha plants the are attracted to in that area.

[z5guy]

im in new england, i dident know what type they liked so i just went to the medow across the street and cut some milkweed stalks down adn then i put them in my butterfly box. this is the first time ive tryed a butterfly box, do u guys know if they work??

[yellow22]

Not really, just a novelity, but I think if there's a fruiting tree that has some rotting fruit pn the ground over the winter it might get use it. Is this a rearing box? Do you have Sasafrass trees near by?

[lighthouseseeker]

Very pretty butterfly. ^_^ I have had a butterfly house for years and no one has ever used it. :lol:

[z5guy]

thats very encourageing! no, no sasafras :(

[Plecostomus]

they're pretty butterflies.