[Leica] IMG: More Eastern Tiger Swallowtails

Jim Nichols jhnichols at lighttube.net
Tue Aug 10 13:05:15 PDT 2021


Thanks, Douglas.  It more likely was unhappy with the Depression in the 
U.S. and stowed away on an East-bound ship.😛

On 8/10/21 2:37 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> Good catch, Jim. A tiger indeed. None of that butterfly species have 
> made it to Ireland, bar one which was found in Co. Wicklow in 1932. No 
> one knows how it got here, but it may have jumped out of the Spirit of 
> St. Louis some time before :-)
>
> Lindbergh did overfly Ireland enroute to Paris and the girls of the 
> Moulin Rouge.
>
> Douglas
>
>
> On 10/08/2021 17:57, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> There were three Eastern Tiger Swallowtails on the Buddleia this 
>> morning, two yellows and a Dark Form. I managed to capture two in a 
>> single frame.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20210810-P8100083-Enhanced.JPG.html 
>>
>>
>> Olympus E-1 with Olympus 50-200 SWD lens at 200mm on monopod.
>>
>
>
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Jim Nichols
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