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Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.
Battus philenor
These dark fleshy caterpillars attach like other swallowtails with their rear cremaster hooked into a pad of silk. They make the same silk thread sling for their mid-section. They curl their head down and tuck their six feet in toward their body. Soon their outer skin changes to a dark chrysalis that looks like a dead leaf.
There are many hanging on the shrubs and twigs near by the host plant White-veined Pipevine, A. fimbriata.
Lat: 33.15, Long: -97.02
Spotted on Jun 20, 2012
Submitted on Jun 21, 2012
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