Birds, spiders and other such predators may consume swallowtail butterflies but they are not recommended for human consumption.
Skunks, red-winged black birds, green darners, and goldenrod spiders have been known to eat tiger swallowtail butterflies.
Yes, tiger swallowtail butterflies (Papilio glaucus) die.Specifically, a tiger swallowtail begins as yellow-green egg. It hatches into a caterpillar that is first brown and white and then lime green with yellow eyespots with black pupils and a yellow and black line around the neck. It makes a change into the resting or pupal stage. It transforms into a beautiful butterfly long enough to produce two to three distinct broods that will hatch into the next generation of tiger swallowtail butterflies.
swallowtail butterflies
There are at least four different butterflies known as tiger swallowtail butterflies.Papilio appalachiensis-Appalachian Tiger SwallowtailPapilio canadensis-Canadian Tiger SwallowtailPapilio glaucus-Eastern Tiger SwallowtailPapilio rutulus-Western Tiger Swallowtail
There are many types of butterflies that can be found in fields. They include Monarch butterflies, Painted Lady butterfly, Red Admiral butterfly, Summer Azure butterfly, and the Tiger Swallowtail butterfly.
The Tiger swallowtail or Eastern (or western) Tiger Swallowtail can get anywhere from 4 inches to 5 1/2 inches in wingspan.
The boy Tiger Swallowtail has little to no blue at the bottom of its wings. The girl Tiger Swallowtail has a lot of blue near the bottom of its wings.
Perhaps.
Swallowtail butterflies don't have prey. They eat nectar from flowers.
the pipevine swallowtail is the prey of the bald faced hornet
yes