Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Giant Swallowtail Butterfly 2025

Here’s video of a new Spring 2025 butterfly I just captured on video. This is the first time I’ve seen one of these here in the wild. It is a Giant Swallowtail Butterfly.

Below is some information about this butterfly I learned from the North American Butterfly Association website. Here is a link to their website:

https://www.tnvalleynaba.org/butterflies-of-tennessee/swallowtail-papilionidae/giant-swallowtail-papilio-cresphontes/

The largest butterfly on North America is reportedly the Giant Swallowtail, which is native to several regions of the continent. They have black wings with a yellow horizontal band across the forewings when the wings are open. Alongside the black & yellow coloring, patches of crimson and blue stripes are visible when wings are closed. In females, the yellow bands have a thinner texture, and the yellow oval band at the third position from the tip of the wing has a black spot on it. In males, the oval has a thicker golden belt and no black spot.

Here are links for more information about this magnificent butterfly:

https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-cresphontes

https://www.gardenia.net/guide/giant-swallowtail-butterfly

https://www.britannica.com/plant/butterfly-bush

The soundtrack is “Pearl” by Mark Mothersbaugh. This was provided via Apple iMovie soundtracks 2025. Here’s some interesting information about Mark Mothersbaugh in case you didn’t know:

https://www.contemporaryartscenter.org/artists/mark-mothersbaugh#:~:text=Biography,obsession%20with%20imagery%20and%20illustrations.

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