Canadian Tiger Swallowtail
By: Meriel Bradley
I was thrilled to have this Canadian Tiger Swallowtail visit my garden.
It took me on quite a chase but finally settled long enough so I could capture this picture.
The Canadian Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly can be found around evergreen and deciduous forest edges, and gardens near treed areas across North America from central Alaska all across Canada to northern New England.
I hope you enjoy this beauty as much as I do.
Quick Facts
It lays its eggs on the leaves of birch, aspen, ash, cherry, willow, apple, alder, and mountain ash trees.
Young immature caterpillars are brown and white and resemble bird droppings
Older caterpillars are large and green and somewhat cartoonish in appearance
Adults butterflies feed from nectar-rich flowers and from mud puddlesÂ
They have a large 3 to 3/1/2 inch wingspan
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