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have this very cool report from Michael Gochfeld, author with
Joanna Burger of "Butterflies of New Jersey: A Guide to Their
Status, Distribution, Conservation and Appreciation" (Rutgers
University Press,1997): Giant Swallowtails Appear in New Jersey
The Giant Swallowtail, a southern species of butterfly, that
rarely visits New Jersey, is showing up in unprecedented numbers
in many north Jersey localities in recent weeks. Butterfly
watchers from the North American Butterfly Association have been
seeing Giant Swallowtails in various favorite butterflying
haunts since early August, and numbers continue to increase, as
new individuals arrive from the south. Several butterfly species
tend to migrate northward in late summer, but some of the Giant
Swallowtails may be the offspring of the few that were seen in
New Jersey in 2007. Although called “Giant”, this swallowtail is
only slightly larger than the very familiar and common Tiger
Swallowtail from w