ZEBRA SWALLOWTAIL- ALWAYS A STUNNING EYECATCHER

Hi, Today we have a tropical looking butterfly that is fairly common in summer near the rim of the Chesapeake Bay and Susquehanna River. The Zebra Swallowtail is always associated with Pawpaw Trees. Pawpaws are a very small tree usually only reaching 15 feet, and sometimes towering to almost twice that height. Pawpaws grow in abundance fairly near the bay and river, however I do not see them in numbers farther away than a mile or so from the bay or river. Zebras do wander inland to my home, about six miles plus from the Susquehanna River and fifteen above the Chesapeake Bay. Since I grow a lot of Cannas, Zebra Swallowtails almost always stop to nectar on these tropical flowers. Have a great day, Denis

This is Beefsteak weed the Zebra is nectaring on in this picture.