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Two-tailed Swallowtail Caterpillar

Papilio glaucus / canadensis / appalachiensis

Description:

Golden brown with black & yellow stripes, blue spots.

Habitat:

Rural SW Pennsylvania

1 Species ID Suggestions

EarlyStages
EarlyStages 11 years ago
prepupal Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus / canadensis / appalachiensis None


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3 Comments

Elton_Wizard
Elton_Wizard 11 years ago

Thanks for the info. Always nice to learn a little more about all the critters around us.

EarlyStages
EarlyStages 11 years ago

The Two-tailed Tiger Swallowtail (http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/speci...) is a Western species. Upon reaching full maturity, Tiger cats stop feeding, empty their gut, and begin wandering, which is accompanied by a dramatic change in color.

Noe and Pili
Noe and Pili 11 years ago

Cool! It looks like made of velvet

William_Dembowski
Spotted by
William_Dembowski

Pennsylvania, USA

Spotted on Aug 16, 2011
Submitted on Jun 27, 2012

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