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Eastern Giant Swallowtail

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The Eastern Giant Swallowtail is a beautiful butterfly with large yellow and black wings. It flutters gracefully in gardens and fields, making it a delightful sight for everyone!

Lebensraum: Urban areas

Aussehen

The Eastern Giant Swallowtail is a large black butterfly with bright yellow spots arranged in diagonal bands across its wings. Its hindwings have striking blue spots near the tails and distinct orange eye-spots. This pattern makes it visually distinct from smaller, less vibrantly marked swallowtails.

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Eastern Giant Swallowtail
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Eastern Giant Swallowtail

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adult butterflies can taste with their feet to find the best flowers for nectar!

Giant Swallowtails can migrate short distances, sometimes flying hundreds of miles!

Its caterpillars love to eat citrus leaves, making them garden pests!

Male swallowtails patrol high in trees looking for mates before swooping down!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Disguise Master

Eastern Giant Swallowtail caterpillars can mimic bird droppings because of their mottled brown, white, and black coloration that helps them avoid predators.

Fähigkeit

Stinky Defender

Eastern Giant Swallowtail caterpillars have an osmeterium, a retractable orange Y-shaped gland, that helps them spray a foul-smelling chemical to deter attackers.

Fähigkeit

Master Nectar Sipper

The Eastern Giant Swallowtail has a long proboscis, a straw-like tongue, that helps them reach deep nectar in flowers for energy.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
100-160 mm
Größe
30-40 mm
Lebenserwartung
10-20 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Caterpillars munch on leaves, while adults sip sweet nectar from flowers for energy!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae (caterpillars) feed on host plant leaves, while adults exclusively drink flower nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • Citrus leaves
  • Prickly Ash leaves
  • Hop Tree leaves
  • Lantana nectar
  • Milkweed nectar
  • Thistle nectar

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Robins prey on both caterpillars and adult butterflies.

depends on

Orange Tree

Citrus sinensis

Caterpillars eat the leaves of this tree for food and shelter.

pollinates

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Adult butterflies visit flowers for nectar, aiding in pollination.

eaten by

Paper Wasp

Polistes metricus

Wasps hunt and feed swallowtail caterpillars to their young.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Giant Swallowtail

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

It's best to watch butterflies from a distance so they don't get scared.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Eastern Giant Swallowtail?

100-160 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Eastern Giant Swallowtail?

30-40 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Eastern Giant Swallowtail?

10-20 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Eastern Giant Swallowtail?

20 km/h

Was frisst Eastern Giant Swallowtail?

Caterpillars munch on leaves, while adults sip sweet nectar from flowers for energy!

Wo findet man Eastern Giant Swallowtail normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Eastern Giant Swallowtail?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Eastern Giant Swallowtail?

6

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