[Leica] Friday Flowers

[Don Dory]

Lovely even if toxic

On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

>  Another visitor to the flowers, the beautiful Pipevine Swallowtail: Don't
> eat them,  both the caterpillar and the adult are poisonous. The
> caterpillars of the Pipevine Swallowtail feed on the poisonous host plant,
> Aristolochia, also known as the pipevine, Dutchman's pipe or birthwort. It
> contains the lethal toxin aristolochic acid
> <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristolochic_acid>.
>
> https://sonc.com/look/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DSC07415w-w-eb.jpg
>
>
> Regards,
> Sonny
> www.SonC.Com/Look
>
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