The Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Habitat: autumn forest near rivers;Larval food: Prunus, fraxinus, Betula, Populus, Syringa (lilac)
The Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Colors: P. glaucus has a black body with yellow stripes that run on both the lateral side. Upper and lower wings is yellow with black ribbon accents (like tiger stripes). On the fourth side of the wing is different from a black ribbon with a yellow sign. The two lower wings have blue spots and orange near the tail (Klots, 1979, 175)
The Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
Size: The Tiger Swallowtail is an average of 4.0 to 5.0 inches wide, (Klots, 1979, 175) and 3.5 to 4.5 inches in height.
Food: larvae feed on trees: Wild Cherry, Tulip Tree, Birch, Poplar, and Ash (Klots, 1979, 175).
Geographic Range: The Tiger Swallowtail is a very familiar species in the entire country. Species described above ranged from Canada down to Florida, and to Mexico (there are different forms of Swallowtail tiger in western countries and up to Alaska, that is, they are usually smaller and more pale in color - yellow)