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Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillar

Papilio polyxenes

Description:

Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillar showing its osmeterium defense system.

Habitat:

Home butterfly garden.

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2 Comments

Marc-ValMouery
Marc-ValMouery 11 years ago

Thank you!!!

empidonax
empidonax 11 years ago

Lovely shot!

Marc-ValMouery
Spotted by
Marc-ValMouery

Florida, USA

Spotted on Aug 19, 2012
Submitted on Aug 19, 2012

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