Butterflies

Giant Swallowtail butterflies in Thomasburg

May 27, 2012 by Louise Livingstone

This is a blog post writen by Pamela Martin five years ago about her first sighting of the Giant Swallowtail (previously only known well south of here) in Thomasburg. This week she is seeing dozens all around the house--clearly there is now a well-established breeding population. What a treat!

Thomasburg Walks: Giant Swallowtail in Thomasburg

Thomasburg is a small hamlet in the Municipality of Tweed in eastern Ontario. Behind my home here is a fallow field, swamp, cedar bush, old apple orchard and woods. Almost every day I take the same walk through this territory to see who's been by, and try to figure out what they've been up to.

Giant Swallowtail Butterflies in Thomasburg

Swallowtail butterfly

August 12, 2011 by Louise Livingstone

Quinte Conservation’s featured Species of the Month for August is the Tiger Swallowtail. This yellow and black butterfly can often be seen at Macaulay Mountain Conservation Area. Conservation Education Coordinator at Quinte Conservation, Nicole Campbell says, “Tiger Swallowtails have distinctive markings, with black and yellow stripes. Their wingspan is 10 to 13 centimeters long.”