Giant Swallowtails on Tuesday

Two Giant Swallowtails were flying together around the lantana bush today. As their name suggests, these are large butterflies with a wingspan of 4-6 inches. One of the butterflies seemed to be following the other one where ever it went around the bush.

They twirled around each other as they flew.

This butterfly seemed to get a moment to itself as it paused on a flower.

But the other butterfly quickly caught up with it.

I think they may have been a male and female mating pair, but I didn’t observe them mating. Male and female Giant Swallowtails look very similar–I couldn’t tell these two apart. I enjoyed watching them flying together.

One more of the Giant Swallowtails.