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This gorgeous, if slightly tattered two-tailed swallowtail was hanging out trailside today. I followed its progress as it sipped its way through a patch of Western Blue Iris. I was delighted when it rested calmly at the tip of a tree branch long enough for me to get some pictures.
Papilio multicaudatus is large - a wingspan of 3.5" to 5" (9 - 12.7 cm), and as such, attractive to hungry birds. You can see from the damage to the tips of its wings (note the probable bird-beak made hole in its left wing) that this one is a survivor
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