Beautiful Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Beautiful Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

This morning was filled with beautiful giant swallowtail butterflies! 





Giant Swallowtail butterfly feeding on zena.

 

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly feeding on zena.

 

My zena's are finally blooming, so they stuck around a while longer.





Giant Swallowtail Butterfly feeding on zena.

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly feeding on zena.

 



Giant Swallowtail Butterfly feeding on penta plant.

The giant swallowtail butterflies also fed on some penta flower plants in my backyard.  (Picture above)

The picture below is of a giant swallowtail butterfly laying eggs on its host plant, a citrus tree.





Giant Swallowtail Butterfly laying eggs on host plant (citrus tree).

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

 

Today I saw a giant swallowtail butterfly while watering my backyard.  It was beautiful and breathtaking.  It flew in around laying eggs on my citrus trees.  I was excited!

I got some pictures of it flying around.

 



Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

I took a look at my citrus trees later on and found some caterpillars.

 

Giant Swallowtail caterpillar on host plant.

 

Giant Swallowtail caterpillar on host plant.

 

I keep you posted with more on these caterpillars feeding and such.