This handsome male I spotted in my backyard yesterday morning, at first I thought he may have been stuck in a spiderweb but instead he had just emerged from a chrysalis and the colours were so bright I've never seen one like it before and I've seen many Orchard Swallowtails before. He didn't mind the camera flash either and I enjoyed his company for about half an hour while he contemplated on whether it was safe to fly away
