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	Western Tiger Swallowtail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Western Tiger Swallowtail is a common Swallowtail Butterfly of western North America, and is frequently seen in urban parks and gardens as well as in rural woodlands and riparian areas.
		It is a large, brightly colored and active butterfly, rarely seen at rest; its wingspan is 7 to 10 cm, and its wings are yellow with fl stripes, and in addition it has blue and orange spots near its tail.
		The normal range of the Western Tiger Swallowtail covers much of western North America, from British Columbia to North Dakota in the north to Baja California and New Mexico in the south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Tiger_Swallowtail (420 words)

	Western Tiger Swallowtail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Swallowtails are named for the tails on their hindwings that resemble the long tail feathers of swallows.
		Swallowtail females may lay up to four batches of eggs in a season and up to one hundred eggs in total.
		This is the commonest swallowtail observed in the West.
	www.desertusa.com /mag00/mar/papr/bfly.html (549 words)

	Information about U.S. FDC: 33¢ Tiger Swallowtail PSA: Nature of America Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The spectacular Western Tiger Swallowtail is the largest butterfly of the Pacific Northwest, with a wingspan of nearly four inches.
		The Western Tiger Swallowtail is identified by its large yellow wings with fl, vertical stripes - similar to a tiger pattern.
		The Western Tiger Swallowtail feeds on the nectar from a variety of flowers and flowering plants, including thistles, abelia, California buckeye, zinnia, yerba santa, teasel, milkweed, butterfly bush, mint and lilac.
	www.unicover.com /EA1CAZZ0.htm (438 words)

	Tigers on the Wing
		Tiger Swallowtails spend much of their lives in the canopy of broadleaf deciduous trees.
		Western Tiger Swallowtails prefer leaves of willow, bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum), aspen and poplar (Populus spp.), Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia) and sycamore (Platanus spp.).
		Fortunately, many Tiger Swallowtails do escape with nothing worse than a torn hindwing, and during their short adult life (10-14 days), they are numerous and spectacular.
	butterflywebsite.com /articles/bgq/Tigers.htm (1282 words)

	Butterflies of the Lulu Island Bog
		On one occasion a Western Elfin was seen perching on a cultivated blueberry in the birch-pine woodland in the southwest corner of the RNP.
		The Western Spring Azure and Lorquin’s Admiral, which Ashton found in the “inner southern edge” zone at Burns Bog, are also resident in the Lulu Island Bog.
		The tailed blue on her list may be either the Western Tailed Blue (Everes amyntula), which is rare in the Richmond area, or the Grey Hairstreak (Strymon melinus), a small tailed butterfly that is similar to the tailed blues and is resident in the RNP.
	www.geog.ubc.ca /richmond/city/butterflies.html (2721 words)

	"Swallowtail Butterflies" Western Tiger Swallowtail - Paw-Talk Pets Forum
		Discussion The Western Tiger may be the most conspicuous butterfly in the West.
		The eastern and western species essentially replace each other along a diagonal line, northwest to southeast, although there may be some slight hybridizing along the dividing line.
		In Western canyons, males of several species of swallowtails gather in spectacular numbers around mud puddles or beside streams, with the Western Tiger usually predominating.
	www.paw-talk.net /forums/showthread.php?t=8311 (360 words)

	Butterflies of Canada
		Diagnosis: The Western Tiger Swallowtail is very similar to the other tiger swallowtails with its distinctive fl stripes on a yellow background.
		The lunulate submarginal markings on the underside of the hindwing are all yellow, while the submarginal spots on the forewing underside form a band.
		A form of the Canadian Tiger Swallowtail, called "arcticus," found in Alaska and Yukon, falls well within the accepted parameters of canadensis and is not rutulus as some authors had speculated (Hagen et al., 1991).
	www.cbif.gc.ca /spp_pages/butterflies/species/WesternTigerSwallowtail_e.php (415 words)

	Butte County Butterflies - BEC's Environmental News, Spring 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There is the Pipevine Swallowtail, which is very common, the Western Tiger Swallowtail, which is about as common, and the Two-Tailed Swallowtail, which is the largest butterfly in Chico.
		The Western Tiger Swallowtail is about the same size, but yellow with a little fl.
		The Two-Tailed Swallowtail is a yellow butterfly, but with less fl than the Western Tiger and bigger than the other two butterflies.
	www.becnet.org /ENews/01sp_butterflies.html (960 words)

	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly - Papilio glaucus - Cirrus Digital Imaging
		Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) / Butterflies (Papilionoidea) / Swallowtails (Papilionidae) / Papilioninae / Papilio / Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
		Common in forests and along streams, the tiger swallowtail is equally at home in urban gardens.
		Range: The most widespread of the tiger swallowtails, it lives from Alaska and Canada to the Atlantic, southeast of Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico.
	www.cirrusimage.com /butterfly_etigerswallow.htm (292 words)

	The Tiger Swallowtail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The upper and lower wings are yellow accented with fl bands (resembling tiger stripes).
		The Tiger Swallowtail is on average 4.0-5.0 inches in width, (Klots, 1979, 175) and 3.5-4.5 inches in height.
		The Tiger Swallowtail is a very familiar species all throughout the country.
	www.marietta.edu /~biol/butter/tigers.html (147 words)

	SDNHM: Valentien Watercolor Paintings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Platanus racemosa or Western Sycamore is found along rivers, old streambeds, or other water sources, because the tree requires access to water within the root zone.
		In addition to serving as a food source for Tiger Swallowtails, it is an important tree for woodpeckers, warblers, hawks, and other birds, as well as other vertebrates, which depend on the upper canopy for habitat in the riparian zone.
		Western Tiger Swallowtail butterflies use this tree, as well as various species of Salix and Populus as host plants.
	www.sdnhm.org /valentien/plata-racemosa.html (114 words)

	Eastern tiger swallowtail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The eastern tiger swallowtail, Papilio glaucus (literally meaning bright/sparkling butterfly, Papilio meaning butterfly and glaucus meaning bright or sparkling), is a large (12 cm wingspan) swallowtail butterfly.
		It is found in the Eastern United States, as far north as southern Vermont, and as far West as extreme Eastern Colorado.
		The dark form is more common in the Southern portions of the range, especially in areas also inhabited by the pipevine swallowtail, which it seems to mimic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastern_tiger_swallowtail (377 words)

	Nearctica - Butterflies and Skippers of North America - Some Butterflies of Eastern Forests and Meadows
		The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilionidae) occurs throughout the forests, meadows, and wooded suburban areas of the eastern United States, but is replaced by the Canadian Tiger Swallowtail in nothern New England and the Western Tiger Swallowtail in western North America.
		One of the thrills of my life was seeing my first tiger swallowtail as a young boy.
		The northern population is found in deciduous or mixed deciduous and conferous forest dominated by aspen and birch.
	www.nearctica.com /butter/places/eforest.htm (683 words)

	Eastern or Western Tiger Swallowtail? - BugGuide.Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Or could it be that they're both Eastern Tiger Swallowtails and one is male and the other female?
		I don't think Westerns are found in my area, but you never know.
		Western Tiger Swallowtails would not be found in Illnois
	bugguide.net /node/view/88752/bgimage (315 words)

	Anise Swallowtail butterfly
		Citrus is also utilized (which is a member of the plant family Rutaceae, rather than Umbelliferae) and larvae have been known to cause economic damage in citrus groves.
		The Anise Swallowtail may utilize plants of these two rather unrelated families because of similar compounds found in both.
		During the late 1960's, the populations appear to have undergone reduction, possibly a direct result of the rapidly disappearing "vacant lots" (a typical foodplant habitat).
	mamba.bio.uci.edu /~pjbryant/biodiv/lepidopt/papilio/anise.htm (395 words)

	RedOrbit - Reference Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon) is a common swallowtail butterfly found in western North America.
		Striking blue spots adorn the rear edge of the rear wing, and the characteristic tails of the swallowtails.
		The Anise Swallowtail is a butterfly of fairly open country, and is most likely to be seen on bare hills or mountains, in fields or at the roadside.
	www.redorbit.com /education/reference_library?article_id=973 (417 words)

	Environmental Science Field Guide to New Mexico
		Their hind wings have tails at the tips and near the wing’s margin there are narrow yellow spots and some with tints of orange.
		Male butteflies spend their time searching for mates and the females lay eggs on the leaves of larval plants which are plants that are used as food for the caterpillar.
		The western tiger swallowtail is also a source of food for songbirds.
	infohost.nmt.edu /~klathrop/FGinvertebrates.htm (3484 words)

	The Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
		swallowtails get their name from their hindwings which have tails at their lower
		Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio glaucas) is a strong flier
		Below is the range of the swallowtail butterfly (includes all species).
	www.no-pest.com /Swallowtail.htm (514 words)

	Neil and Paula's Photo's :: Insects 2004 & 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, Aptos - 29 May 2004 - Neil (Nikon D100, Nikkor 70-300mm D) Viewed: 208 times.
		Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, Aptos - 29 May 2004 - Neil (Nikon D100, Nikkor 70-300mm D) Viewed: 187 times.
		Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, Aptos - 29 May 2004 - Neil (Nikon D100, Nikkor 70-300mm D) Viewed: 161 times.
	www.motifwebs.com /gallery/insects04?page=1 (162 words)

	plants used by the western tiger swallowtail and pictures
		Plants used by the Larva of the Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
		The Western Tiger Swallowtail is often found near riparian corridors as that is where all their larval plants grow.
		Another flower that is very popular with butterflies including the western Tiger Swallowtail, is Whooly Blue Curls, Trichostema lanatum.
	www.laspilitas.com /butterflies/Butterflies_and_Moths/Western_tiger_swallowtail/western_tiger_swallowtail.html (190 words)

	Western Tiger Swallowtail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Western Tiger Swallowtail is one of the most commonly seen butterflies in the Northwest.
		The name "swallowtail" comes from the fact that the back of their wings resembles a swallow.
		If you see one and he flies away, watch the plant where she last hung out as she is likely to return.
	www.eskimo.com /~ciscoe/archive/swallowt.html (193 words)

	Butterfly: Easter Tiger Swallowtail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For the most part, I'm accustomed to jogging after a butterfly in the hope that it would stay still long enough for a photograph.
		As one might expect, there is also a western tiger swallowtail (Papilio rutulus), which looks identical to its eastern relative.
		Perhaps it is time to put regional feuds aside and unify east and west into one happy tiger swallowtail family?
	www.lookoutnow.com /animal/butter2.htm (120 words)

	Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
		Adults may be seen throughout the year in southern California.
		The larvae of the Western Tiger Swallowtail feed on a variety of deciduous broad-leaved trees such as cottonwoods, some willows, alder, western sycamore, elms, and some orchard trees (apple).
		Western half of U.S., from Baja California north into British Columbia, east to Montana.
	www.sbnature.org /collections/invert/entom/sbbutterflies/pappaprut.htm (86 words)

	Western Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio rutulus
		Similar Species: The Pale Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon) is similar in coloration pattern and is often found flying with rutulus in moist canyons.
		The Pale Swallowtail, however, is cream-colored instead of yellow, with fl striped markings.
		Habitats, Behavior: This beautiful butterfly is often observed gliding lazily among the willows.
	mamba.bio.uci.edu /~pjbryant/biodiv/lepidopt/papilio/tiger.htm (211 words)

	Wayne Schmidt's Best Pictures
		One problem with making prints larger than 24-inches wide is that because each scale can be clearly seen, it creates a rough look that can be misinterpreted by anyone unfamiliar with butterfly wing architecture to be digital graininess.
		The image above was created using the same techniques of the tiger swallowtail butterfly picture except I started with 32 RAW images.
		Males have a more even, and uninteresting, orange coloring and two fl dots in the middle of the bottom pair of wings.
	www.waynesthisandthat.com /mybetterpictures.htm (1202 words)

	Butterflys/butterfly.html at Americas Best Flowers Nursery, Greenhouse, and Garden Center Cottage Grove 53527, Madison ...
		White admiral, red-spotted purple, western admiral, Lorquin's admiral, viceroy, mourning cloak
		Alfalfa sulphur, eastern tailed blue, western tailed blue, other blues
		Western admiral, Lorquin's admiral, viceroy, mourning cloak, western tiger swallowtail
	www.americasbestflowers.com /Butterflys/butterfly.html (135 words)

	AlbemarleFamily - Loving and Learning — The Homeschool Adventure
		I asked, “What makes you think that?” knowing full well that he would have a response, and he did.
		As our conversation progressed and his search for the appropriate photo continued, we learned about the larval food of choice for Swallowtail butterflies and noted that Swallowtails of one variety or another can be found throughout the nation and even into Canada.
		This prompted a discussion about the difference between the Tiger Swallowtail and the Western Tiger Swallowtail.
	www.albemarlefamily.com /vpage.htm?pageid=135 (1314 words)

	InsectNet.com - Photos, - Larvae of Western Tiger Swallowtail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		InsectNet.com - Photos, - Larvae of Western Tiger Swallowtail
		Third instar, about 1 inch long, on willow (Salix spp.
		No wonder it's so difficult to find these in the wild.
	www.insectnet.com /photos/fauna1/f_rutlarvae7.htm (63 words)

	Stock photography, photos: Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
		Stock photos of Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Pterourus rutulus) on Tropicana Rose (Rosaceae, rosa), 159772
		Keywords associated with this stock photo: peaceful, metamorphosis, wings, pattern, fauna, science, metamorphism, change, Pterourus rutulus, sciences, insect, bugs, natural, Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly, pollinate, grace, serene, Tropicana Rose, flight, calm, Rosaceae, delicate, freedom, nature, rosa, butterfly, entomology
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	www.tssphoto.com /directory/20000/149940.html (121 words)

	California native plants used by california butterflies with pictures
		Plants for a California or Western Butterfly Garden
		The Western Tiger Swallowtail loves this, Lobelia dunnii serrata Blue Lobelia.
		This plant is great, Western Hop tree, Ptelea crenulata.
	www.laspilitas.com /butterfl.htm (399 words)

	Pale Tiger Swallowtail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This species is similar to Western Tiger Swallowtail, which is more yellow and has paler veins.
		Size of the original: 1832 x 1832 pixels
		Canon EOS 1Ds with Canon EF 400mm 1:4 DO USM lens with 2x Extender.
	www.pikespeakphoto.com /paletiger.html (38 words)

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