Currently unavailable. The eastern tiger swallowtail is a stunning papilio with a wingspan of 12 cm. Its range spans the Eastern United States where It flies from spring into autumn producing two and somtimes three broods a year. Adult males are yellow, with characteristic black tiger stripes on each fore wing; the female (shown left) has two morphs - either yellow or black. Adults are active towards midday when they actively seek out mud puddles and nectar before they rest for the afternoon. The fascinating, snake like larvae, take a variety of trees, including: ash, sallow, tulip tree, lemon and cherry etc.
Larval foodplants: ash (fraxinus); sallow (salix); tulip tree (liriodendron); lemon (citrus); cherry (prunus).
Rearing: sleeves in warm to hot conditions and cages.
Photographs: final instar larvae pair; adult female at rest; hand-paired mating pair.
