Giant Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail Chrysalis in Northborough
October 8, 2018

Marnie Frankian photographed this giant swallowtail chrysalis in her Northborough garden, after its transformation from the caterpillar she photographed on September 29th.
Caterpillar and butterfly in Northborough
September 29, 2018





Marnie Frankian photographed a giant swallowtail caterpillar and a monarch butterfly in Northborough.
Backyard insects in Northborough
September 6, 2014


Marnie Frankian photographed a giant swallowtail butterfly and a katydid in Northborough.
Giant Swallowtail Butterfly in Westborough
August 20, 2013




Nan Burke photographed this giant swallowtail in Westborough. Nan said she also had a giant swallowtail in her yard last year as well, on August 18, feeding on the purple flowers of bodacious buddleia in her garden both times. Read more about this normally more southerly species in a Westborough News' Nature Notes article by Annie Reid, hosted on Westborough Community Land Trust's site.
Giant Swallowtail in Wayland
August 7, 2012

Linda Hanifin photographed this giant swallowtail in Wayland.