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Re: [OM] IMG: Another Occasional Flower on Friday

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Another Occasional Flower on Friday
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:06:56 -0500
Mike,

I think I have identified the critter.  My searches led to the link below, 
showing a Black Tiger Swallowtail.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drphotomoto/3629071034/

My original link, for comparison is below.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Visiting+Swallowtail.jpg.html

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 6:49 PM
Subject: [OM] IMG: Another Occasional Flower on Friday


> Rick's critter looks like a Silver -Bordered Fritillary to me but Jim's
> nice Swallowtail is a mystery. Kind of resembles a Black or Spicebush ST
> that has lost many scales, but have no clue if their range extends to
> TN.
> Fun to  look at though--thanks.
> Mike
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> Nice Jim... but I've got to tell you - the Butterfly Bushes in our yard
> outdraw the Rose of Sharons
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> by almost five to one in their attraction to our winged friends. If you
> don't have one, plant the purple variety first. More fragrance (and
> nectar?)
> than the pinks or whites. Saying that, I see our white ROS out pulls
> both
> the pink and the all red.
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> http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=137988&ppuser=20714
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> Rick in Southern Maryland
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> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Jim Nichols
> <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> I couldn't pass up the challenge.  Went outside and found this
> Swallowtail
>> on the Rose of Sharon bushes.
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Visiting+Swallowtail.jpg.html
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>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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