Pipevine Swallowtail

Place name abbreviations: MPEA – Middle Patuxent Environment Area; PRSP – Patuxent River State Park; PVSP – Patapsco River Valley State Park.

Click on the common name to obtain additional information from the Butterflies and Moths of North America web page and the following common name for additional information from USGS web page. BugGuide is another web resource.

Legend:

Common name [Link is to BAMONA] (wingspan range in inches)
Common name [link is to USGS]
Occurrence level & flight period.
Habitat. Typically visits (for nectaring). Larval host plants.

 

Pipevine Swallowtail (2.75–5″)
Pipevine Swallowtail
Uncommon: L-Jun & L-Jul Fields & marshes near woods Swamp milkweed Dutchman’s pipe, Va. snakeroot


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Male
August 11, 2017
Ellicott City
Barbara White

Mount Pleasant

Male
August 20, 2017
Mount Pleasant
Kevin Heffernan

Manor Woods Elementary School

Female
July 1, 2011
Manor Woods E.S.
Richard Orr

Ellicott City

Egg
June 22, 2017
Ellicott City
Barbara White

Ellicott City

Eggs
June 25, 2017
Ellicott City
Barbara White

Photos of eggs:

Egg in first photo is on native pipevine (Aristolochia fimbriata). Eggs in second photo are on non-native (Aristolochia clematitis).

Ellicott City garden
Caterpillars

July 4, 2017
Ellicott City
Barbara White

Ellicott City

Caterpillars
July 9, 2017
Ellicott City
Grazina McClure

Individuals seen in each 10-day period to date during the butterfly survey

The phenograms show the maximum number of individual butterflies of this species seen in the first eight years of the Howard County Butterfly Survey. From these graphs, one can see the number of broods of each species, when they are active, and the relative abundance of the species in each brood. The observed early and late dates are shown below The graphs can be used to anticipate the first sighting of a given species in the year and can help with identification.

Early: 4/29/2017 Late: 11/16/2020