Black Swallowtail on Creeping Oxeye

Photo Information

Taken:	6 October 2005 10:59 near Yorktown, Texas
Camera:	Canon Rebel XT / Cannon 18-55mm
Exposure:	ISO 400
	55mm, 0 EV
	f/14
	1/500

Backstory

It was a good walk. As you can see from the number of pictures I’m posting, the farm is a very interesting place. All you have to do is walk around and open your eyes in the country, and Nature will astound you with wondrous bounty.

I’m always amazed at how cooperative Nature’s creatures are when they aren’t being deadly violent. Here a Hairy Wedelia—I also love the name Texas creeping-oxeye—(Wedelia texans) feeds a Black Swallowtail (Papillo polyxenes) in return for the butterfly’s work as a pollinator.

–20 June 2013