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| List: MassLep Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:28:45 -0400 From: Josh <opihi...> Subject: [MassLep] iNat record from July 2024, Zebra Swallowtail in Gloucester |
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Howdy folks, I stumbled across an interesting record on iNat yesterday, a Zebra Swallowt= ail in Gloucester the July before last:=20 https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/229520413 One of the butterfly=E2=80=99s tails is broken off, but the other one is be= autifully pristine and unworn, so the critter likely emerged locally. Presu= mably somebody around there bought some PawPaw that had been recently impor= ted from further south, and one or more of the plants came with a free bonu= s egg or caterpillar on it. Or else someone smuggled a caterpillar or chrys= alis up here intentionally? I don=E2=80=99t recall having ever seen this sp= ecies in a butterfly house like Magic Wings, and it doesn=E2=80=99t look li= ke they travel under their own power further north than central NJ or PA. Josh Joshua S. Rose, Ph.D. Amherst, MA https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/opihiman https://www.facebook.com/opihi Writer/compiler, Bird Observer https://www.birdobserver.org/ Columnist, =E2=80=9CEarth Matters=E2=80=9D https://www.gazettenet.com/search?bodysearch=3Dearth+matters https://www.hitchcockcenter.org/category/earth-matters/ Vice-president, Hampshire Bird Club https://hampshirebirdclub.org/ Northeast Chapter head, Dragonfly Society of the Americas https://www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/northeastdsa --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= MassLep" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to masslep+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/masslep/160= <BFBAD-5229-45DB-916A-AACE793AD61C...> |
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