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Black Swallowtail Caterpillar

Papilio polyxenes

Description:

this caterpillar has yellow stripes (black spot-like features on the yellow), white-ish stripes, and dark blue thin stripes. it has thicker black stripes near the head (this caterpillar was upside down eating).

Habitat:

found in the butterfly garden at the Norfolk Botanical Garden

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Dex Bean
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Dex Bean

Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Spotted on Jun 21, 2015
Submitted on Jun 27, 2015

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