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Excellent! Got my eyes peeled down here in the Tropical "Banana Belt " of Bennnington. Terri On Aug 4, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Kent McFarland wrote: > Hello VT Butterfly fans, > I'd like to report a new addition to the Vermont butterfly list. The attached photo of a Giant Swallowtail was taken in Addison on 7-30-2010. This species is known to stray north and I am not surprised we have finally recorded this species in the state. I will add this record to the Butterflies and Moths of North American database (see http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1366) and to the Vermont state butterfly list as a vagrant (see http://www.vtecostudies.org/VBS/VTstatelist.pdf). Depending on you taxonomic pleasure (split or lump), this represents the 105 butterfly species found in Vermont. The butterfly has apparently not been seen again there. > > Of course, we are getting into that season in which southern vagrants come north, so keep your binos peeled.... > > Kent > ____________________________ > Kent McFarland > Vermont Center for Ecostudies > PO Box 420 • Norwich, VT 05055 > 802.649.1431 > http://www.vtecostudies.org/ > > > > <IMG_0422.jpg>