Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
This female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail may carry a few battle scars, but she remains a striking beauty, gliding through the flowers with unmistakable grace and ease.
A remarkably short lifespan
Eastern Tiger Swallowtails live only about one month as adults, with their entire life cycle from egg to the end of adulthood lasting roughly two months—a brief but brilliant span for one of North America’s most vividly colored butterflies. (Source: Butterflies and Moths of North America)
