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Giant Swallow Tail Butterflys

edric

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edric Grand Master

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Hi All, well I've been hard at work trying to create a Giant Swallow Tail butterfly habitat, I've got 3 Zanthoxylum clava-herculis - Hercules club trees, and the huge Lantana bush in the photos, they lay their eggs on the Hercules club, and take nectar from the Lantana, I've got these unusual orange colored ones, I have been trying for two weeks to get a shot of, here's a link to some great info, http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/citrus/giantswallowtail.htmEd

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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They're magnificent, though they look a lot more like Tiger Swallowtails than Giant Swallowtails.

We have both in Cali, and the Giants like to lay their eggs on citrus.

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I've never seen a Tiger Swallowtail in my garden although they are said to be quite common in Florida. The Giant Swallowtail love the more shaded parts of my garden.

Tampa, Interbay Peninsula, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10A

Bokeelia, Pine Island, Florida, USA

subtropical USDA Zone 10B

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John Case Grand Master

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They look like giants to me...the tigers tail isn't as narrow as I remember.....

John Case

Brentwood CA

Owner and curator of Hana Keu Garden

USDA Zone 9b more or less, Sunset Zone 14 in winter 9 in summer

"Its always exciting the first time you save the world. Its a real thrill!"

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Ed's are Eastern Tigers.

http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/tiger_swallowtail.htm

They have a lot of regional variation. Like the Giants, they're found all over North America. I remember both species being seen and prized in Ohio and Pennsylvania in my misspent yute.

I suspect that Eastern Tigers are less common in Florida the further south you go compared with Giants. I understand that Eastern Tigers' big food tree is Wild Cherry, which is a northern tree of fertile forests with well-drained (or at least relatively well-drained) soils. I'll bet there aren't any wild cherries near Miami.

Picture of the Tiger on top, Giant on the bottom. Tigers can be as big, or nearly as big, as Giants.

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There's a Western Tiger Swallowtail, and its caterpillars eat willow and poplar trees. They're all over the place along willow-lined streams in coastal California.

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Good edumacation for me! Thanks!

John Case

Brentwood CA

Owner and curator of Hana Keu Garden

USDA Zone 9b more or less, Sunset Zone 14 in winter 9 in summer

"Its always exciting the first time you save the world. Its a real thrill!"

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