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Black Swallowtail Larva

Papilio polyxenes asterius

Description:

2-3 cm in length, black/white stripes, yellow spots

Habitat:

spotted on dill plants in a cultivated garden

Notes:

collected and being raised by my nephew who would appreciate help with ID

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Black Swallowtail (larva)
Papilio polyxenes asterius Description for CD-c images


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4 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

A beautiful caterpillar....

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 10 years ago

Thanks Jakubko and ForestDragon - and no apologies necessary! Happy to hear they are easy to raise. :-) Thanks, Maria!

Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Nice one!

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 10 years ago

Sorry about the double ID suggestion! I agree with Jakubko. These are commonly found on Dill, Fennel and sometimes Parsely! They are pretty easy to raise as well. :-)

Bernadette S
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Bernadette S

Maryland, USA

Spotted on Aug 20, 2013
Submitted on Aug 20, 2013

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