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Tiger Swallowtail B'fly - EnchantedLearning.com (691 words) |
 | The Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucas) is a strong flier with distinctive yellow and fl striped markings on its wings and body (some females are brown or fl, mimicking the poisonous pipevine swallowtail). |
| The female Tiger Swallowtail butterfly lays its spherical, yellow-green eggs on the leaf high in a tulip tree, sweet bay, wild fl cherry, ash, lilac, aspen=, birch, or choke cherry. |
| The Tiger Swallowtail butterfly frequents woodlands (including temperate deciduous forests) and grasslands, but is also found in a variety of environments, including cities. |
| tiger swallowtail - Papilio glaucus L. (737 words) |
| The first drawing of a North American swallowtail was of a male tiger swallowtail and was drawn in 1587 by John White who was commander of Sir Walter Raleigh's third expedition to North American. |
| The tiger swallowtail is widely distributed from New England west through the southern Great Lakes area (along Merriam's "transition life zone") through most of the Great Plains states and south to Texas and Florida. |
| The tiger swallowtail is a large species with a wingspread range of 7.9 to 14.0 cm. |
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