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Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

Description:

Caterpillar is light green and is striped in a pattern of black, white and yellow and black spotted stripes.

Habitat:

Caterpillar was seen in Dill plant in a community garden.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Black swallowtail caterpillar.
Papilio polyxenes Black Swallowtail


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5 Comments

Stefania Romoff
Stefania Romoff 9 years ago

wonderful spotting!

Raiyan Ahmed
Raiyan Ahmed 12 years ago

Beautiful!!

HeatherMiller
HeatherMiller 12 years ago

You're welcome

geminigail
geminigail 12 years ago

Thanks so much Heather!!!! I updated my spotting!

HeatherMiller
HeatherMiller 12 years ago

These are beautiful butterflies and great pollinators. You've clearly found the hose plant. The yellow spots look just like the spots of flowers. Even the coloring is great looking camo.

geminigail
Spotted by
geminigail

New Jersey, USA

Spotted on Jun 20, 2007
Submitted on Sep 5, 2011

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