Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a.........Bear?

I headed out Saturday evening looking for bears. It's about the time they start coming out of their dens looking for food. As I was up in the hills, I paused to watch this guy. It's a Anise Swallowtail; Papilio zelicaon, to be exact. Quite the specimen! I put a good stalk on him and got to within 2 inches. I wasn't scared.

About 30 yards up the hillside, I came across the track. I shoul have put my foot in the picture or a dollar bill or something to give a reference for size. It wasn't small, I will say that. I followed his trail for a few hundred yards. I never saw the bear but I will go back. I wasn't scared here either. I had my butterfly net with me.