black swallowtail
noun
Example Sentences
Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 6 Aug. 2020
In July, the butterflies finally arrived: tiger swallowtail, monarch, black swallowtail, and cloudless sulphur.
—Lauren Matison, Outside Online, 12 Oct. 2022
There’s a pollinator bed, which is meant to attract mainly bees and wasps — but which also attracts black swallowtail caterpillars.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
Golden Alexanders is a host plant for the black swallowtail butterfly.
—Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2021
Certain pollinators like certain plants, such as black swallowtail butterflies that like dill.
—Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 June 2021
This is, indeed, a black swallowtail, a good native butterfly.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 6 Aug. 2020
In most San Antonio landscapes, expect the black swallowtail to also find your parsley and hatch some hungry caterpillars to feed on the foliage.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 25 June 2020
The black swallowtails are harvesting nectar from the small yellow blooms.
—Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 30 Apr. 2020
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Word History
1840, in the meaning defined above
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“Black swallowtail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20swallowtail. Accessed 3 Jun. 2023.
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