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Wild Flowers and Their Associates Photos 101-120

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Photo 101. Papilio cresphontes near Lake Wales, Florida during December of 1969. It is commonly called the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly.

Photo 102. The Giant Swallowtail Butterfly on Clerodendrum paniculatum by the Bok Tower near Lake Wales, Florida in December of 1969.

Photo 103. The Giant Swallowtail Butterfly on Clerodendrum paniculatum by the Bok Tower near Lake Wales, Florida in December of 1969.

Photo 104. The Giant Swallowtail Butterfly on Bidens leucantha by the Bok Tower near Lake Wales, Florida in December of 1969.

Photo 105. Papilio polydamas on Bidens leucantha by the Bok Tower near Lake Wales, Florida in December of 1969.

Photo 106. Long-Tailed Skipper on Bidens leucantha in Everglades during December of 1969. The preceding was my original belief. On November 23, 2004, Donald Stillwaugh, as an environmental specialist at the Brooker Creek Preserve, Tarpon Springs, FL, kindly observed that it is more likely the Dorantes skipper (Urbanus dorantes) rather than its close relative the long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus).