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Giant Swallowtail

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Posted by Philip Schwarz on September 8, 2011 at 8:28 AM
Giant Swallowtail
At the beginning of each month I look at some of the photos I've taken in previous years during the same month. This month I was reminded of a trip we took last year to Frontenac State Park. We encountered a large number of Monarch Butterflies that were feeding on goldenrod plants. It was a beautiful day on Labor day so we drove back over to the park to see if we could find some Monarchs. They weren't gathered in one spot but in walking through the prairie we found about 30 of them feeding. We also found some Giant Swallowtails feeding on the thistle plants.

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Posted by Don R. Millbranth on September 8, 2011 at 12:27 PM
Phil..
Beautiful shot in all respects.
Thanks for sharing.

Don :wavey:
Posted by Bud Friesen on September 8, 2011 at 1:20 PM
Love the background. Sharp! Bud
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 8, 2011 at 2:25 PM
Excellent! well done!
Sandy
Posted by Michael Dougherty on September 9, 2011 at 7:27 AM
A gorgeous shot Phil!
Posted by Toni Lankerd on September 15, 2011 at 8:47 AM
Excellent shot, Phil!