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Anise Swallowtail Caterpillar

Papilio zelicaon

Description:

This caterpillar has almost doubled in size in 5 days! Now almost 1 inch long. It has changed from black to a greenish color with black stripes and orange and yellow spots. Unfortunately I am down to 5 caterpillars now on my fennel plants. May 15 spotting of the same caterpillar: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/111...

Habitat:

Urban house vegetable garden.

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2 Comments

misako
misako 11 years ago

Thank you Maria!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

nice series!

misako
Spotted by
misako

Emeryville, California, USA

Spotted on May 20, 2012
Submitted on May 23, 2012

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