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Giant Swallowtail Chrysalis

Papilio cresphontes

Description:

Black and white chrysalis.

Habitat:

Found on the leaf of a volunteer citrus tree.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Giant swallowtail caterpillar
Papilio cresphontes Giant Swallowtail caterpillar - Papilio cresphontes - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

tomk3886
tomk3886 2 years ago

Thanks Ornithoptera. I have been seeing Giant Swallowtails around. There are a couple of volunteer citrus trees where I found it. I just didn't take note of what species it was on when I took the pic. One of the trees produces a very sweet orange.

Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 2 years ago

The tree is some sort of Citrus species, (Rutaceae).

tomk3886
Spotted by
tomk3886

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Spotted on Apr 30, 2021
Submitted on May 7, 2021

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