Butterflies are beginning to appear, and this one stopped long enough for me to get a good shot yesterday at the marsh. It is a Canadian tiger swallowtail, one of our most easily recognized butterflies here in Nova Scotia. They are seen from late May until early July, with mid-June being the height of their presence. The Canadian tiger swallowtail is slightly smaller than the eastern tiger swallowtail, which apparently doesn't appear in Nova Scotia.
