Giant Swallowtail

Description:

One day, during the summer, I went into the woods , looking for insects to photograph. While I was walking in the woods, I spotted a butterfly pupa. I also spotted a parasitic wasp, in the same vicinity as the pupa. I removed this pupa, and I brought it back home with me. I will keep this pupa, inside one of my terrariums, until this pupa ecloses. Then I will set it free. This pupa, was three and three eights of an inch long, and nine sixteenth of an inch wide. This pupa, looks like a piece of wood. The color of this pupa, was different shades of brown. On one end of this pupa, there was two horns.

Habitat:

Fields, wooded areas, and citrus orchards. Many locales, including: rocky and sandy hillsides near streams or gullies in the north; pine flats, towns, and citrus groves in the south.

Notes:

I spotted this butterfly pupa, in the woods, during one summer day. I also spotted a parasitic wasp, that was in the same vicinity as this butterfly pupa.