Zebra Swallowtail

[AmberC]

Sometimes I really wonder what these butterflies have been thru to look so beat up!



Thanks for looking!
Amber

[Loupey]

Yes, lots of tattered wings. Tough short life for these little gems.

Make them all the more beautiful when you do see them.

[rumrak]

a tail of survival, literally. There tails help fool predators into thinking that's there head and gives them a chance to get away. So usually when you see a beaten up butterfly like this they had a close encounter with a bird and survived with a story to tell it's friends.

There pretty, I usually only get to see eastern around here and the odd time a black tiger