Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly Locket Necklace with a second smaller flight

with a second smaller flight in mid-August

This amazing species uses structural color in the wing scale geometry to create a stunning iridescent blue

and they sometimes are flying at that time

field collecting techniques

One male and one female specimen

Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterfly Locket Necklace with a second smaller flightEastern Black Swallowtail Double Sided Stainless Steel Locket Papilio polyxenes Flying in east of the Rocky Mountains in North America, this lovely species feeds on carrot and parsley family plants. It's so common in some areas, that unwitting buyers of parsley and fennel plants at local garden centers often come home with caterpillars of this species on their plants (yay butterfly caterpillars!). Item Details: Two gorgeous real Eastern Black