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When Lisa Daley-Bromberg sent us this photo she took in Uxbridge, Massachusetts asking for an identification, we got very excited.<\/p>\nWhen Lisa Daley-Bromberg sent us this photo she took in Uxbridge, Massachusetts asking for an identification, we got very excited.<\/p>\n
You see, it’s a pipevine swallowtail, an essentially tropical species, that is very uncommon in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
In fact, there were only 11 records for the state during the 5 years of the Butterfly Atlas Project (1986-1990). But, like many other southern species, it is appearing more frequently in our area due, most likely, to the changing climate.<\/p>\n
Photo\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0Lisa Daley-Bromberg<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When Lisa Daley-Bromberg sent us this photo she took in Uxbridge, Massachusetts asking for an identification, we got very excited. You see, it’s a pipevine swallowtail, an essentially tropical species, that is very uncommon in Massachusetts. In fact, there were only 11 records for the state during the 5 years of the Butterfly Atlas Project […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-2543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature-notes","tag-butterflies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-F1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":709,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/big-news-for-the-giant-swallowtail\/","url_meta":{"origin":2543,"position":0},"title":"Big News for the Giant Swallowtail","author":"Hillary T.","date":"August 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"To say Mass Audubon has been all aflutter over the recent spate of giant swallowtail sightings is putting it mildly. 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