Swallowtail butterflies

Echinacea flower in Kingston NM.
Close-up of an echinacea flower. Imagine feeding from this incredible mandala
Swallowtail butterfly fully stretched and showing its beautiful swallow like tail , black with iridescent blue dots. the body is black with tiger like yellow stripes.
This butterfly has been thru some rough times that injured its tail. Typically adult swallowtail butterflies live 6 to 14 days.
Black swallowtail butterfly
Black swallowtail butterfly. Notice the pair of orange and yellow eyes on its tail. Good trick!
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Véronique De Jaegher
Véronique De Jaegher

Born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, I lived 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area and have been living in Sierra County, NM for the last 20 years. I have been taking photographs for 40 years as a way of sharing my point of view. Beauty surrounds us, we just need to pay attention. I believe in the power of images as they say “One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”. ”Local” is very important because we can engage in a more personnel way whether reading the news or buying food. That’s why I was sorry to see the Sierra County Sun go and want to support the Sierra County Citizen by being on the board of the Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project and posting local images.

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