Two-tailed Swallowtail on Thistle (Santa Catalina Mountains) — Image by kenne
Bright as canyon light,
the swallowtail drifts and dips
to a thistle’s bloom.
Wings flicker like flame,
tails trailing the mountain wind—
a dancer on spines.
Among thorn and hush,
it feeds, then lifts without sound—
summer passing through.
Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly on Mexican Bird of Paradice — Image by kenne
— kenne
Two-tailed Swallowtail Butterfly On a Thistle– Image by kenne
With the earlier start of the monsoon rains in southern Arizona, butterflies are appearing in increasing numbers.
Two-Tailed Swallow Butterfly (Papilio multicaudata) On Mexican Bird of Paradise — Image by kenne
