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| List: Carolina-Leps Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:39:31 -0400 From: Nate Dias (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...> Subject: FOTS Giant Swallowtail in Charleston |
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--00000000000073d628064db484b0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This morning while doing yard work at my mother=E2=80=99s suburban habitat = in Charleston, I enjoyed seeing a super fresh and bright Giant Swallowtail. The toothache trees are starting to leaf out but it was more interested in nectaring at a couple of her wild Azalea bushes (one is more like a small tree). Other leps included a fresh Palamedes Swallowtail and a couple of Cloudless Sulphurs. Speaking of the Palamedes Swallowtail, her Red Bay tree is doing well after dying and resprouting about a decade ago. It is about ten feet tall. I think the fact that we make sure to very regularly water it with city/chlorinated water has helped it survive the fungal infection. Nathan Dias - Charleston, SC --=20 https://www.flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder2/ https://www.youtube.com/@NathanDiasNatureVideos "These days I prefer to hunt with a camera. A good photograph demands more skill from the hunter, better nerves and more patience than the rifle shot." -- Bror Blixen --00000000000073d628064db484b0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This morning while doing yard work at my mother=E2=80=99s suburban habitat = in Charleston, I enjoyed seeing a super fresh and bright Giant Swallowtail.= =C2=A0 The toothache trees are starting to leaf out but it was more intere= sted in nectaring at a couple of her wild Azalea bushes (one is more like a= small tree).<div><br></div><div>Other leps included a fresh Palamedes Swal= lowtail and a couple of Cloudless Sulphurs.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaki= ng of the Palamedes Swallowtail, her Red Bay tree is doing well after dying= and resprouting about a decade ago. =C2=A0 It is about ten feet tall. =C2= =A0 I think the fact that we make sure to very regularly water it with city= /chlorinated water has helped it survive the fungal infection.</div><div><b= r></div><div>Nathan Dias - Charleston, SC</div><br><br>-- <br><div dir=3D"l= tr"><a href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder2/" originalSrc= =3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder2/" target=3D"_blank">https= ://www.flickr.com/photos/offshorebirder2/</a><br><div><br></div><div><a hre= f=3D"https://www.youtube.com/@NathanDiasNatureVideos" originalSrc=3D"https:= //www.youtube.com/@NathanDiasNatureVideos" target=3D"_blank">https://www.yo= utube.com/@NathanDiasNatureVideos</a></div><div><br></div><div><font color= =3D"#888888">"These days I prefer to hunt with a camera.=C2=A0 A=20 good photograph demands more skill from the hunter, better nerves and=20 more patience than the rifle shot." =C2=A0 =C2=A0-- Bror Blixen</font>= <br><br></div></div><br> --00000000000073d628064db484b0-- |
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