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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.
Papilio troilus
Spicebush Swallowtail larva go through three color stages as they develop.In their first moltings they are brown and white and look like bird droppings. In their mid stage they are a brilliant green. The last instar these caterpillars are a deep orange red. Photo: Late instar (orange red) and third instar (green) larvae.
These caterpillars can be found rolled up inside leaves of their host plants camphor and spicebush. The larva weave tiny pads of silk which curls the leaf around them to create a shelter.
The large eyespots of these caterpillars can startle predators and people.
Lat: 28.05, Long: -82.40
Spotted on Oct 5, 2010
Submitted on Jul 26, 2011
76 Comments (1–25)
so cute ^^
Wow!! Love this!!
Congratulations!
Congratulations Kristin! As you know, this spotting was one of our top picks for 2011. Please email me at yasser@projectnoah.org to coordinate receiving your gift. Thanks for all your great spottings and we hope to see many more in 2012!
WONDERFUL, LOOKS LIKE CANDIES, TIMON ´N´PUMBA WOULD WANT TO EAT THEM
Love the fake eyes!
Wonderful spotting and oh so cute!
Beautiful
OMG!!! They are so adorable! They look like they have huge eyes!
Thats an awesome picture! They are so cute!
Really awesome pics. I like it!
Thanks for all of the compliments everyone!
I bet they confuse pretty well their hunters!
These are very cute - I like the way they live in spice trees. I like the way they look and their fake eyes.
They almost don't look real! That so awesome!!! It's like a cartoon character haha.
simply awesome!!
Pokémon!!!!!!!
i dreamed about seeing all sorts of weird animals last night. I've seen poison dart frogs in bright red, and I saw a single one of this! IMAGINE! Project Noah getting into my dream!??!!
Those colors are just amazing!
Darvesh, I don't know how those are chosen. I posted this back in October so I'm not sure if they prefer more recent photos.
It should be the best chosen pic of the week :-)
These are so adorable !!! :-)
Thanks for all the comments everyone!
Beautiful! Looks like paintings more than pictures :-)
They look delicious.