Скачать или смотреть First Flight of an Eastern Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)

The best thing I ever added to my garden was Wafer Ash. I reared several Giants and this is the first to emerge. After releasing him, he fluttered into nearby Phlox and went through his final preparations before taking flight. Note the release of extra fluid in slow motion in the 2nd clip. This is a male. Female Giants always have a large black oval spot, on the top row, in the 3rd spot from the tip, which this one does not. Plant a lot of hosts! The caterpillars get large and need lots of food. Host Plants include Wafer Ash-Ptelea trifoliata, Prickly Ash-Zanthoxylum americanum and Rue-Ruta graveolens (anything in the citrus family). Filmed in the Missouri Ozarks, USA, on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017. Music: Push Me.
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