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I have photographed so many different species of butterflies the last three months that I will never catch up on sharing all of them, but this one is just too colorful to miss! 🙂 Thoas Swallowtail, Papilio thoas (linked to my gallery) is almost a twin to the slightly larger Giant Swallowtail and easily confused. He is found from South Texas to Brazil and fairly common here in Costa Rica. Here’s three different views of one in my garden recently . . .
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| Giant Swallowtail Butterfly, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Giant Swallowtail Butterfly, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Giant Swallowtail Butterfly (Underneath View), Atenas, Costa Rica |
This is similar to the Thoas Swallowtail, but I’m voting on Giant Swallowtail since Thoas is supposedly found mostly in the wet Caribbean and South Pacific. We are finally getting rain here today after much of the week without rain, even though it is “Rainy Season!” I don’t have to water when it rains! 🙂 If you want to live in a garden, you have to tend it!
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.