I have no cute grandchildren in my backyard today so I have to settle for a beautiful butterfly.
According to information gathered by my cousin Carole this is a Swallowtail Butterfly. If you look carefully you will see some little blue dots by the tail. These are actually there to confuse the birds as they think they are the butterflie's eyes. When they swoop down for a bite of butterfly they are actually attacking the tail and not the head. This does little harm to the butterfly.
This one has a small piece missing from the wing but the tail in intact.
This was a very cooperative butterfly and hung around while I was able to take 40 pictures from various angles.......They ALL turned out...here are a few.
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SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
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