When I work in the garden, I keep my eyes open for any fun visitors I might find. Notable visitors have been garden spiders and centipedes, not my children's favorite. This year, I had my sights set on something they weren’t afraid to help me track down.

The visitor was a swallowtail butterfly. Two swallowtail butterflies had been visiting the flowers around my house. Even with my children scouting for me, I was never quick enough to get a picture. While I was working in a school garden, two swallowtail butterflies were there. They were more cooperative than the ones at home and patiently waited for their photograph to be taken.

There are different species of swallowtails, so I checked with Patrick Beauzay, NDSU Extension entomology research specialist. He narrowed it down to Eastern Tig

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