Backyard butterfly

Backyard butterfly

An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly enjoys a flower in Thornton, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)
An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly enjoys a flower in Thornton, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)

Sometimes you don’t have to go far for a photo op.

One evening last week my wife and I were sitting on the patio when I saw this huge butterfly circling. I was happy to see the eastern tiger swallowtail settle in at one of our flowerbeds so I rushed inside to grab my camera. I managed a few good pics of it as it hopped from flower to flower.

It was a pretty impressive looking thing and had a wingspan of probably four inches or so. Kind of fun and best of all I didn’t have to go anywhere to get pics. 😉

An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly enjoys a flower in Thornton, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)
An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly enjoys a flower in Thornton, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)
An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly enjoys a flower in Thornton, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)
An eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly enjoys a flower in Thornton, Colorado. (© Tony’s Takes)

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