We saw this summer this beautiful butterfly fluttering around the garden.
We were very impressed by his wonderful colours and size.
so we took some pictures and went looking for it on the net.
This is what we found:
The large butterfly is a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucas).
It is a strong flier with distinctive yellow and black striped markings on its wings and body. It has a wingspan of 9-16.5 cm.They are called swallowtails because they have long "tails" on their hindwings which look a bit like the long, pointed tails of swallows.
You can see him from the end of April till June and from July till September.
The Tiger Swallowtail butterfly frequents woodlands and grasslands.
They drink sweet flower nectar
In Belgium he is rather rare so it's cool if you see one.
pict. Groenze, 30th of July (a little bit blurry)
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