Miss Sherry you have to submit that photo somewhere. It is amazing! I really want to raise a bunch of tigers. Soon I hope. I recently heard that the female tigers are our largest butterfly. Bigger than the giants. Is this your experience?
-Elisabeth

Yes, Elisabeth, at least the black ones are. The yellow females, which are much rarer here, are slightly smaller, more like the size of the males. Giant swallowtails are very nearly as big, but not quite. Whenever I see a black female, I'm blown away by their size, and it makes me whip out my camera -
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Sherry

A beautiful yellow female appeared in my garden last week. I always see black females. This one was huge and looked like she had been watercolored. Unfortunately, she didn't seem interested in egg laying.

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Sandy

Beautiful picture, Sandy!
I've noticed that the yellow females have much thicker black stripes than the males, in addition to the blue on their hindwings. And they do indeed look like they've been watercolored!
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Sherry

Beautiful pictures girls!!! How I would love to see a tiger ST here in the Houston area! I have a beautiful picture of one I took while on vacation last year in the rocky mountains of Colorado. Gorgeous!

He does look like a bulldog. Or a cartoonish walrus. LOL. Funny little critters.
Sherry what is the plant in your photo? Is it a buddleia? I love the two-tone flowers. ~JoAnn

It's Sonset lantana, JoAnn. Sonset is a sport of the old, relatively hardy, "ham and eggs" lantana with the pink and yellow flowers. There is one section of the bush that blooms pink and yellow, so it's not an entirely stable sport, but it's VERY vigorous! All the butterflies love it!
Sherry

Sherriekay,

I am in NW Houston and I have had tiger swallowtails come nectar on the duranta, it is a magnet for all types of butterflies. Maybe they will come visit you as well! No eggs as yet, but I am hopeful that someday they will decide it is a good place to lay eggs.

Mechelle

Lantana! Thanks, Sherry.
Aw, I researched and found it is not winter hardy in zones 5/6. Darn. :(