My daughter and I made it back from our afternoon walk just as darkened clouds and rumbles of thunder announced the arrival of another storm.
Heading across the driveway to the front door, we noticed a beautiful Tiger Swallowtail hovering around the Lantana, flitting from flower to flower.
I had just enough time to grab my camera and fire off a few shots before the rain started falling and I had to scurry back inside.
It was only a brief beauty break, but it was still good for the soul!
Backyard Bird Nerd 
so beautiful! I bought hubby a butterfly house for father’s day, so we are hoping we can attract some. We threw some wildflower seeds on the edge of the woods on our property and want to put it there 🙂
I’ve never heard of a butterfly house! You’ll have to keep me posted. 🙂
I hadn’t either – will do!
Beautiful Butterflies Kathy, I love your swallowtails, we don’t see them in our neck of the woods.
They have been a bit slow arriving this summer, perhaps because we haven’t hit the extra hot temperatures yet.
I completely relate: my son and I got home from grocery shopping just as the skies opened up and the thunder rolled today. How nice that you were able to capture that gorgeous creature and those gorgeous colors on a dark, stormy day!
I can’t remember the last day that we didn’t have rain at some point! We’ve just been walking anyway. 🙂
I have been seeing Swallowtails a lot at the lake this summer. Do you know which is male and female – mostly black or mostly yellow? 💕 Your photos are lovely! 🦋 How is Tucker?🐶
For the Tiger Swallowtails, the female has a wider band of blue at the base of the top side of the wing; the male only has a spot or two, with much more black. (The one in my post is a male) The female Tiger Swallowtail can also come in a “dark morph” where she is a blueish black color.
And Tucker is doing wonderfully. Took him to a lake this morning and he swam a bit for the first time. 🙂