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Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

Photo by Erin S
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

large caterpillar (about 1 1/2 inches long and very chubby)

Habitat:

It was eating the parsley

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Comments (1)
Erin S
I raised the caterpillar and just added some pictures of the adult.

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PublishedAugust 22, 2015

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