Eastern Tiger Swallowtail sitting on a thistle bloom.

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This Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly was photographed sitting on a thistle blossom just along the edge of the woods in late summer.

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Size: 3105px × 2484px
Location: Stewart County Tennessee
Photo credit: © David Hamby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: butterfly, eastern, flowers, gardens, glaucus, insects, linnaeus, nature, papilio, swallowtail, tennessee, thistle, tiger