Red Car Property: Butterfly With A Fur Coat

Photo: Diane Edwardson, March 5, 2015.  Caught sight of Western Tiger Swallowtail with a heavy fur coat, sunning itself on a non-native Nasturtium leaf behind Rose Scharlin Co-op Nursery School last week.  (Click on photo to enlarge.)

Read what the Bugman of Mt.Washington has to say about butterfly fur: What's That Bug?

Click here for all the butterflies we've documented in the Red Car Property Neighborhood.