George Boutwell’s

BLACK AND BLUE (SPICEBUSH SWALLOWTAIL)

Painting completed in: 2007

These Spicebush Swallowtails (Papilio troilus) are checking out the Bluebonnets which had to be in record numbers in 2007. Spicebush Swalllowtails are normally more common in East Texas but we have some here on the Ranch that didn't read the Field Guides! Spicebush Swallowtails are avoided by Birds and other predators as a result of looking similar to the Poisonous Pipevine Swallowtail.

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