Spicebush Swallowtail on orange petaled flowers, butterfly weed HD wallpaper

Wallpaper detail:

Wallpaper size:

2329 x 1748

File size:

522.38KB

Resolution:

1080P

Format:

image/jpeg

Uploaded:

2017-09-05

Wallpaper keywords:

• Pipevine Swallowtail,
• Butterfly Weed,
• Spicebush Swallowtail,
• orange,
• flowers,
• Macro,
• Life,
• Pot-of-Gold,
• ventral,
• Battus philenor,
• thin film interference,
• optical activity,
• Richmond County,
• insect,
• butterfly - Insect,
• nature,
• animal,
• animal Wing,
• beauty In Nature,
• multi Colored,
• yellow,
• summer,
• close-up

Wallpaper dominant color:

• dark olive green

Wallpaper info:

About swallowtail

Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies in the family Papilionidae, and include over 550 species. Though the majority are tropical, members of the family inhabit every continent except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of the genus Ornithoptera.

About butterfly weed

Asclepias tuberosa is a species of milkweed native to eastern North America. It is a perennial plant growing to 0.3–1 metre (1 ft 0 in–3 ft 3 in) tall, with clustered orange or yellow flowers from early summer to early autumn. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 5–12 cm long, and 2–3 cm broad. This plant favors dry, sand or gravel soil, but has also been reported on stream margins. It requires full sun. Use of the plant is contraindicated in pregnancy, during lactation or with infants due to the small amount of cardiac glycosides.