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Black Swallowtail Caterpillar

Papilio polyxenes asterius

Description:

larval stage of black swallowtail butterfly. These are found in my garden on my parsley plants all summer long.

Habitat:

On parsley in my garden.

Notes:

This turned out to be a female butterfly. See my post for Black Swallowtail http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/693... for this caterpillar as an adult.

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1 Comment

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Really nice Caterpillars.

eutacht
Spotted by
eutacht

Dayton, Ohio, USA

Spotted on Jul 20, 2011
Submitted on Jul 20, 2011

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