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Giant Swallowtail Orange Dog

Papilio cresphontes

Description:

Grayish brown body with three patches of white down each side, a broad white subdorsal collar that runs just above head back along sides of thorax, white, V-shaped, abdominal saddle that extenda down to first proleg; and porcelain white patch that envelopes caudal end of body.

Habitat:

Two large caterpillars were on my kumquat tree.


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1 Comment

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 10 months ago

Congratulations! We always say it looks like poop. I have had a Giant butterfly visiting my garden recently, but have not found the caterpillar. And yes Red Dog is what the Orange Growers call them.

Denton, Texas, USA

Lat: 33.08, Long: -97.07

Spotted on Jul 1, 2012
Submitted on Jul 13, 2012

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