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This mating pair of Spicebush Swallowtails was photographed hanging from a big bluestem stalk in late summer. The female is the one hanging onto the grass, and presumably the active flight parnter as well.
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) grows in sand country but isn't common; the population of Spicebush Swallowtails in this area probably uses the abundant sassafras trees as its primary larval host plant.
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